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Spontaneous mutation in the COL6A2 gene causing Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy type 1 in a Chinese child: A case report.
Medicine - 8 Dec 2023
Li Jiayi, Lin Shuangzhu, Wu Qiong, Feng Jinhua, Chen Qiandui, Jiang Kai
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RATIONALE: Mutations in the gene encoding type VI collagen cause Bethlem myopathy (MIM 158810) and Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (MIM 254090); 2 diseases previously recognized as completely independent, and have been increasingly recognized. However, collagen-related myopathy caused by intron variation in the COL6 gene is rarely reported in China. Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy is an autosomal...
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