[Non-Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy--merosin deficient and positive forms].

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The classical form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is now classified into merosin-deficient and -positive forms. The merosin (laminin alpha 2) is one of three subunits of a muscle basement membrane protein, laminin. Patients with the merosin-deficient form have generalized muscle weakness and hypotonia from early infancy as seen in FCMD but with no significant central nervous system involvement. The serum...

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