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[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 ventilation and tube feeding were necessary because of poor spontaneous respiration and sucking. On muscle biopsy,...
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