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Natural history of LGMD 2A for delineating outcome measures in clinical trials
4 Mar 2016
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Limb-girdle muscular dystophy 2A (LGMD2A, OMIM) is a slowly progressive myopathy caused by the deficiency in calpain 3, a calcium-dependent cysteine protease of the skeletal muscle. METHODS: In this study, we carried out an observational study of clinical manifestations and disease progression in genetically confirmed LGMD2A patients for up to 4 years. A total of 85 patients, aged 14-65 years, were...
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