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Clinical phenotype and loss of the slow skeletal muscle troponin T in three new patients with recessive TNNT1 nemaline myopathy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2021
Géraud Justine, Dieterich Klaus, Rendu John, Uro Coste Emmanuelle, Dobrzynski Murielle, Marcorelle Pascale, Ioos Christine, Romero Norma Beatriz, Baudou Eloise, Brocard Julie, Coville Anne-Cécile, Fauré Julien, Koenig Michel, Juntas Morales Raul, Lacène Emmanuelle, Madelaine Angéline, Marty Isabelle, Pegeot Henri, Theze Corinne, Siegfried Aurore, Cossee Mireille, Cances Claude
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital nemaline myopathies are rare pathologies characterised by muscle weakness and rod-shaped inclusions in the muscle fibres. METHODS: Using next-generation sequencing, we identified three patients with pathogenic variants in the Troponin T type 1 (TNNT1) gene, coding for the troponin T (TNT) skeletal muscle isoform. RESULTS: The clinical phenotype was similar in all patients, associating...
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