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A childhood-onset nemaline myopathy caused by novel heterozygote variants in the nebulin gene with literature review.
Acta neurologica Belgica - 1 Dec 2020
Wen Qi, Chang Xueli, Guo Junhong
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Nemaline myopathy, a rare congenital myopathy, is characterized by generalized muscle weakness, hypotonia, respiratory insufficiency, and the presence of rod structures on muscle biopsy, which is caused by mutations in at least 13 known genes. A patient showing gradually deteriorated proximal muscle weakness and rod-shaped structures found in muscle fibers was suspected of having nemaline myopathy, following by...
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