Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy: Case report

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy type 1 (EDMD1) is a familial disease with X-linked recessive transmission, caused by a mutation in a nuclear envelope protein, emerin. Clinical manifestations usually occur in adolescence and include contractures, muscle atrophy and weakness, and cardiac conduction...

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Main Authors: Fátima Saraiva, Dina Rodrigues, Helena Andrade, Luís Negrão, Lino Gonçalves, António Marinho, Luís A. Providência
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204912000141

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