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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: clinical diversity and genetic abnormalities in Japanese patients.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 May 1997
Nakagawa M, Matsuzaki T, Higuchi I, Fukunaga H, Inui T, Nagamitsu S, Yamada H, Arimura K, Osame M
Abstract excerpt
We studied 71 Japanese individuals, 42 patients (30 familial and 12 sporadic) suspected to have facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and 29 family members, clinically and genetically using the chromosome 4qter DNA marker p13E-11. Early onset FSHD was detected in 7 patients, tortuosity of...
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