Article
[X-linked recessive myotubular myopathy with a splice-site mutation in the myotubularin gene].
No to hattatsu = Brain and development - 1 Nov 1998
Watanabe T, Watanabe M, Saito T, Higashitani A, Tanaka S, Nishino I, Nonaka I
Abstract excerpt
We reported a male patient with X-linked myotubular myopathy in whom MTM 1 gene mutation was first identified in Japan. The patient had 9-nucleotide insertion between exons 11 and 12 due to aberrant splicing. The patient showed severe hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness at birth. Mechanical...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Male
- Muscular Diseases
- Mutation
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
- X Chromosome
