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Compound heterozygous DYSF variants causing limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B in a Chinese family.
The journal of gene medicine - 1 Nov 2020
Li Liangshan, Jing Zhongcui, Cheng Lei, Liu Wenmiao, Wang Haiyan, Xu Yinglei, Zheng Xueping, Yu Xiaoling, Liu Shiguo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The dysferlin gene or the DYSF gene encodes the Ca2+ -dependent phospholipid-binding protein dysferlin, which belongs to the ferlin family and is associated with muscle membrane regeneration and repair. Variants in the DYSF gene are responsible for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B), also called limb-girdle muscular dystrophy recessive 2 (LGMDR2), a rare subtype of muscular dystrophy...
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