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Congenital myopathy with fiber type disproportion: a family with a chromosomal translocation t(10;17) may indicate candidate gene regions.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1994
Gerdes A M, Petersen M B, Schrøder H D, Wulff K, Brøndum-Nielsen K
Abstract excerpt
A patient with myopathy and congenital fiber type disproportion presented at birth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, dislocation of the hips and mild scoliosis. Later in life she developed marked muscle weakness. A balanced chromosomal translocation t(10;17) (p11.2;q25), transmitted by the clinically healthy mother, who nevertheless showed discrete signs of myopathy, was demonstrated. DNA analysis excluded...
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