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Adult-onset respiratory insufficiency, scoliosis, and distal joint hyperlaxity in patients with multiminicore disease due to novel Megf10 mutations.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jun 2016
Liewluck Teerin, Milone Margherita, Tian Xia, Engel Andrew G, Staff Nathan P, Wong Lee-Jun
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Multiminicore disease is a congenital myopathy characterized pathologically by the presence of multiple minicore structures in the sarcoplasm. Mutations in the selenoprotein N1-encoding gene (SEPN1) and ryanodine receptor 1-encoding gene (RYR1) are responsible for half of the reported cases. Mutations in multiple epidermal growth factor-like domains 10-encoding gene (MEGF10) have been identified...
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