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Early-onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 with some atypical features.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Apr 2015
Dorobek Małgorzata, van der Maarel Silvère M, Lemmers Richard J L F, Ryniewicz Barbara, Kabzińska Dagmara, Frants Rune R, Gawel Malgorzata, Walecki Jerzy, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz Irena
Abstract excerpt
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy cases with facial weakness before the age of 5 and signs of shoulder weakness by the age of 10 are defined as early onset. Contraction of the D4Z4 repeat on chromosome 4q35 is causally related to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1, and the residua...
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