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A Family with Patients Manifesting Different Phenotypes of Neuromuscular Disease Depending on the CGG Repeat Number in LRP12.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Jun 2026
Iguchi Yohei, Tsujikawa Koyo, Murakami Ayuka, Kume Kodai, Nakazawa Yuka, Oso Taichi, Nishio Yosuke, Matsuo Koji, Fukami Yuki, Araki Kunihiko, Ogi Tomoo, Kawakami Hideshi, Katsuno Masahisa
Abstract excerpt
This study describes a family of patients with distal muscle atrophy and oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM). Patients with distal muscle atrophy exhibited slowly progressive distal-predominant muscle weakness without ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, or facial weakness. Long-read sequencing confirmed the presence of intermediate and pathogenic CGG repeat expansions in LRP12 in the patients with distal muscle atrophy and...
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