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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in Guipúzcoa (Basque Country, Spain).
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Sept 1998
Urtasun M, Sáenz A, Roudaut C, Poza J J, Urtizberea J A, Cobo A M, Richard I, García Bragado F, Leturcq F, Kaplan J C, Martí Massó J F, Beckmann J S, López de Munain A
Abstract excerpt
The concept of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is changing rapidly due to the advances in molecular genetics. Recently, seven different gene loci have been described, demonstrating that limb-girdle muscular dystrophy is a heterogeneous syndrome, which includes different diseases with a similar phenotype. In isolated populations which have little genetic exchange with neighbouring populations, an...
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