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Salbutamol-responsive limb-girdle congenital myasthenic syndrome due to a novel missense mutation and heteroallelic deletion in MUSK.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jan 2014
Gallenmüller Constanze, Müller-Felber Wolfgang, Dusl Marina, Stucka Rolf, Guergueltcheva Velina, Blaschek Astrid, von der Hagen Maja, Huebner Angela, Müller Juliane S, Lochmüller Hanns, Abicht Angela
Abstract excerpt
Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders characterized by a neuromuscular transmission defect. In recent years, causative mutations have been identified in atleast 15 genes encoding proteins of the neuromuscular junction. Mutations in MUSK are known as a very rare genetic cause of CMS and have been described in only three families, world-wide. Consequently, the...
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