Dystrophin Exon 29 Nonsense Mutations Cause a Variably Mild Phenotype.

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BACKGROUND: Nonsense mutations in the dystrophin gene usually result in a severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy phenotype. FINDINGS: We describe a 7-year-old boy with a rare pathogenic mutation in exon 29 c.3940C>T p.(Arg1314Ter) resulting in exon skipping, in turn rescuing the phenotype from a severe Duchenne type to a milder Becker muscular dystrophy type. No adults have been described with this mutation to date....

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