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Muscle imaging in patients with tubular aggregate myopathy caused by mutations in STIM1.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Nov 2015
Tasca Giorgio, D'Amico Adele, Monforte Mauro, Nadaj-Pakleza Aleksandra, Vialle Marc, Fattori Fabiana, Vissing John, Ricci Enzo, Bertini Enrico
Abstract excerpt
Tubular aggregate myopathy is a genetically heterogeneous disease characterized by tubular aggregates as the hallmark on muscle biopsy. Mutations in STIM1 have recently been identified as one genetic cause in a number of tubular aggregate myopathy cases. To characterize the pattern of muscle involvement in this disease, upper and lower girdles and lower limbs were imaged in five patients with mutations in STIM1,...
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