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[The frequency of patients with adhalin deficiency in a muscular dystrophy patient population].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 1997
Hayashi Y K, Arahata K
Abstract excerpt
Immunocytochemical deficiency of alpha-sarcoglycan (adhalin) in the skeletal muscle that is associated with normal dystrophin expression has been called adhalinopathy. However, recent molecular biological and genetic studies revealed that alpha-sarcoglycan is one of four subunits of sarcoglycans (alpha-delta) or sarcoglycan complex. Mutations of any one of the genes of these subunits cause loss of sarcoglycan...
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