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BAG3 Myopathy Presenting With Prominent Neuropathic Phenotype and No Cardiac or Respiratory Involvement: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Journal of clinical neuromuscular disease - 1 Jun 2020
Malatesta Lindsay, Arya Kapil, Gokden Murat, Stefans Vikki, Veerapandiyan Aravindhan
Abstract excerpt
Bcl-2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) myopathy is a rare myofibrillar myopathy characterized by toe walking and clumsiness in the first decade with rapid progression to cardiomyopathy and restrictive lung disease in the second decade. Most patients (18 patients) have the c.626C >T (p.Pro209Leu) mutation. We describe BAG3 myopathy due to p.Pro209Leu in a 13-year-old girl with initial prominent neuropathic phenotype...
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