Article
Novel STAC3 Mutations in the First Non-Amerindian Patient with Native American Myopathy.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Dec 2017
Grzybowski Michelle, Schänzer Anne, Pepler Alexander, Heller Corina, Neubauer Bernd A, Hahn Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Native American myopathy (NAM) is an autosomal recessive congenital myopathy, up till now exclusively described in Lumbee Indians who harbor one single homozygous mutation (c.1046G>C, pW284S) in the STAC3 gene, encoding a protein important for proper excitation-contraction coupling in muscle. Here, we report the first non-Amerindian patient of Turkish ancestry, being compound heterozygous for the mutations...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
