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Clinical features and genotypes of Laing distal myopathy in a group of Chinese patients, with in-frame deletions of MYH7 as common mutations.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 9 Dec 2020
Yu Meng, Zhu Ying, Lu Yuanyuan, Lv He, Zhang Wei, Yuan Yun, Wang Zhaoxia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Laing distal myopathy is a rare autosomal dominant inherited distal myopathy caused by mutations of the MYH7 gene affecting mainly the rod region. We described the clinical features, muscle MRI and pathological changes as well as genetic mutations in a group of Chinese patients with Laing distal myopathy. RESULTS: Six patients with the confirmed diagnoses of Laing distal myopathy were recruited. Ankle...
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