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Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure is associated with misfolding of the titin fibronectin III 119 subdomain.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2014
Hedberg Carola, Toledo Alejandro Gomez, Gustafsson Claes M, Larson Göran, Oldfors Anders, Macao Bertil
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure is a rare disease with muscle weakness and respiratory failure as early symptoms. Muscle pathology is characterized by the presence of multiple cytoplasmic bodies and other protein aggregates in muscle fibers. The disease is associated with mutations in the titin gene (TTN). All patients harbor mutations located in exon 343 in the TTN gene that codes for the...
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