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[Adhalin(alpha-sarcoglycan) gene mutations in patients with malignant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (MLGMD) (Miyoshi)].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 1997
Endo T, Kawai H
Abstract excerpt
Malignant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (MLGMD) (Miyoshi) is considered to be roughly the same as SCARMD (Ben Hamida) in its clinical features and mode of inheritance. Adhalin(alpha-Sarcoglycan) gene mutations have been reported in 51 families with MLGMD/SCARMD including our 8 families. The mutations were found through the adhalin gene, most of which (97%) were, however, found in the region encoding the...
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