Article
Presence of emerinopathy in cases of rigid spine syndrome.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Oct 1998
Kubo S, Tsukahara T, Takemitsu M, Yoon K B, Utsumi H, Nonaka I, Arahata K
Abstract excerpt
Rigid spine syndrome (RSS) shows clinical similarities to Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD). Differential diagnosis between EDMD and RSS is essential because EDMD is often associated with life-threatening cardiomyopathy that can be cured by an implantation of a cardiac pacemaker. To determ...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Biopsy
- Child
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Exons
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins
