Case Report: A Boy From a Consanguineous Family Diagnosed With Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Caused by Integrin Alpha 7 (ITGA7) Mutation

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...

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Main Authors: Wenqing Xia, Zhumei Ni, Zheng Zhang, Hongfei Sang, Huifang Liu, Zhenzhen Chen, Lin Jiang, Congguo Yin, Jinyu Huang, Lingfei Li, Xiaoguang Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
congenital muscular dystrophy
a consanguineous family
rare genetic mutation
genetic consultation
integrin alpha 7
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.706823/full

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