Genetic basis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies: the 2014 update.

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Genetic basis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies: the 2014 update.

Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 May 2014

Nigro Vincenzo, Savarese Marco

Abstract excerpt

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a highly heterogeneous group of muscle disorders, which first affect the voluntary muscles of the hip and shoulder areas. The definition is highly descriptive and less ambiguous by exclusion: non-Xlinked, non-FSH, non-myotonic, non-distal, nonsyndromic, and non-congenital. At present, the genetic classification is becoming too complex, since the acronym LGMD has also...