Early onset, autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy with Emery-Dreifuss phenotype and normal emerin expression.

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and histopathologic picture of a childhood-onset, severe variant of scapuloperoneal MD with rigidity of the spine. BACKGROUND: Rigidity of the spine is a feature of numerous syndromes, including X-linked Emery-Dreifuss MD, Bethlem myopathy, and the rigid spine syndrome. These are, however, relatively static or very slowly progressive neuromuscular disorders, usually associated...

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