[The frequency of patients with adhalin deficiency in a muscular dystrophy patient population].

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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...

Topics

Cytoskeletal Proteins
Humans
Membrane Glycoproteins
Muscular Dystrophies
Mutation
Sarcoglycans

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