The facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1) gene affects males more severely and more frequently than females.

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The facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1) gene affects males more severely and more frequently than females.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 May 1998

Zatz M, Marie S K, Cerqueira A, Vainzof M, Pavanello R C, Passos-Bueno M R

Abstract excerpt

We investigated 52 families of patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1), including 172 patients (104 males and 68 females). Among 273 DNA samples which were analyzed with probe p13E-11, 131 (67 males and 64 females) were shown to carry an EcoRI fragment smaller than 35 kb; 114...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Recessive
Heterozygote
Humans
Male
Microfilament Proteins
Middle Aged
Mosaicism
Muscular Dystrophies
Mutation
Nuclear Proteins
Pedigree
Penetrance

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PMID: 9605290

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PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 30 Aug 2026. Prepared record publication-9605290-2026-08-30.1. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-08-30.1.

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