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Dysferlinopathy in Iran: Clinical and genetic report.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2015
Fatehi Farzad, Nafissi Shahriar, Urtizberea J Andoni, Blanck-Labelle Véronique, Lévy Nicolas, Krahn Martin, Dbouk Mohamad Baker, Attarian Shahram
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dysferlinopathy is caused by a very wide range of autosomal recessively inherited mutations of the Dysferlin gene. It causes a spectrum of muscle diseases including limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) 2B and Miyoshi myopathy (MM). We describe the clinical course and mutational analyses of 15 Iranian patients with dysferlinopathy from 9 different families. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from...
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