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SCN4A mutation as modifying factor of myotonic dystrophy type 2 phenotype.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Apr 2015
Bugiardini E, Rivolta I, Binda A, Soriano Caminero A, Cirillo F, Cinti A, Giovannoni R, Botta A, Cardani R, Wicklund M P, Meola G
Abstract excerpt
In myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), an association has been reported between early and severe myotonia and recessive chloride channel (CLCN1) mutations. No DM2 cases have been described with sodium channel gene (SCN4A) mutations. The aim is to describe a DM2 patient with severe and early onset myotonia and co-occurrence of a novel missense mutation in SNC4A. A 26-year-old patient complaining of hand cramps and...
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