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Targeted sequencing and identification of genetic variants in sporadic inclusion body myositis.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Apr 2015
Weihl Conrad C, Baloh Robert H, Lee Youjin, Chou Tsui-Fen, Pittman Sara K, Lopate Glenn, Allred Peggy, Jockel-Balsarotti Jennifer, Pestronk Alan, Harms Matthew B
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) has clinical, pathologic and pathomechanistic overlap with some inherited muscle and neurodegenerative disorders. In this study, DNA from 79 patients with sIBM was collected and the sequencing of 38 genes associated with hereditary inclusion body myopathy (IBM), myofibrillar myopathy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, distal myopathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and...
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