Article
Novel TNNT1 mutation and mild nemaline myopathy phenotype in an Italian patient.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jun 2021
Petrucci Antonio, Primiano Guido, Savarese Marco, Sancricca Cristina, Udd Bjarne, Servidei Serenella
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the TNNT1 gene cause an infantile, lethal form of myopathy named "Amish" Nemaline Myopathy. Adult patients are very rarely described. We report a 49-year-old patient who presented a slowly progressive phenotype characterized by myalgia, exercise intolerance and dyspnea since infancy. In adult life she lapsed into a coma as a result of acute respiratory failure, with the need of tracheostomy,...
Topics
- Female
- Humans
- Italy
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Myopathies, Nemaline
- Phenotype
- Respiratory Insufficiency
- Troponin T
