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Large phenotypic diversity by genotype in patients with GNE myopathy: 10 years after the establishment of a national registry in Japan.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2024
Yoshioka Wakako, Nakamura Harumasa, Oba Mari, Saito Yoshihiko, Nishino Ichizo, Mori-Yoshimura Madoka
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BACKGROUND: GNE myopathy is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive distal myopathy caused by pathogenic variants of the GNE gene, which encodes a key enzyme in sialic acid biosynthesis. The present study aimed to examine the long-term progression of GNE myopathy, genotype-phenotype correlations, and complications to provide useful information for predicting patient progression and designing clinical trials using a...
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