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Very late-onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D: A milder form with a normal muscle biopsy.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Feb 2020
Oliveira Santos Miguel, Coelho Pedro, Roque Rafael, Conceição Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoglycanopathies are a genetically heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) caused by mutations in sarcoglycan genes. We report a Portuguese patient with a very late-onset LGMD phenotype, whose muscle biopsy and immunostaining, in particular for α-sarcoglycan, were unrevealing. Muscle MRI showed a predominant, bilateral and symmetric involvement of the tight muscles...
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