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Grand paternal inheritance of X-linked myotubular myopathy due to mosaicism, and identification of necklace fibers in an asymptomatic male.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Sept 2017
Hedberg-Oldfors Carola, Visuttijai Kittichate, Topa Alexandra, Tulinius Mar, Oldfors Anders
Abstract excerpt
X-linked recessive myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a disorder associated with mutations in the myotubularin gene (MTM1) that usually affects boys, with transmission of the mutated allele from the mother. Here we describe a family with unexpected grand paternal transmission of a novel mutation in MTM1 (c.646_648dupGTT; p.Val216dup) identified in a severely affected infant boy with a centronuclear myopathy. We...
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