Case Report: A Boy From a Consanguineous Family Diagnosed With Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Caused by Integrin Alpha 7 (ITGA7) Mutation
Introduction: Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a group of early-onset disorders with clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Patients always present with muscle weakness typically from birth to early infancy, delay or arrest of gross motor development, and joint and/or spinal rigidity. There are v...
Main Authors: | Wenqing Xia, Zhumei Ni, Zheng Zhang, Hongfei Sang, Huifang Liu, Zhenzhen Chen, Lin Jiang, Congguo Yin, Jinyu Huang, Lingfei Li, Xiaoguang Lei |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.706823/full |
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