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[Sibling cases of severe infantile form of nemaline myopathy with ACTA1-gene mutation].
No to hattatsu = Brain and development - 1 Nov 2013
Sudo Akira, Hayashi Yukiko, Sano Hitomi, Kawamura Nobuaki, Nishino Ichizo, Nonaka Ikuya
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Severe infantile form of nemaline myopathy is clinically characterized by marked muscle hypotonia and weakness with respiratory and feeding difficulties since infancy. Recently, mutations in the skeletal muscle alpha-actine gene (ACTA1) have been identified in many patients with the nemaline myopathy. We experienced two cases of severe infantile form of nemaline myopathy with ACTA1 mutation (missence heterozygous...
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