The most severe form of LMNA-associated congenital muscular dystrophy.

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Alterations in the LMNA gene cause a wide spectrum of diseases collectively called laminopathies. LMNA-associated congenital muscular dystrophy is a form of laminopathy, which usually causes infantile onset of muscle weakness, predominantly in the cervical-axial muscles, and motor developmental retardation. Cardiac symptoms during the first decade of life are rare. We report a case of LMNA-associated congenital...

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