Untangling the complexity of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies.

doi:10.1002/mus.26077

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Untangling the complexity of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies.

Muscle & nerve - 1 Aug 2018

Liewluck Teerin, Milone Margherita

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The limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) are a group of genetically heterogeneous, autosomal inherited muscular dystrophies with a childhood to adult onset, manifesting with hip- and shoulder-girdle muscle weakness. When the term LGMD was first conceptualized in 1954, it was thought to be a single entity. Currently, there are 8 autosomal dominant (LGMD1A-1H) and 26 autosomal recessive (LGMD2A-2Z) variants...

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Databases, Genetic
Humans
Muscle, Skeletal
Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
Phenotype

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PMID: 29350766
DOI: 10.1002/mus.26077

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