Clinical, pathological, imaging, and genetic characterization in a Taiwanese cohort with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Clinical, pathological, imaging, and genetic characterization in a Taiwanese cohort with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Abstract Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a genetically heterogeneous, hereditary disease characterized by limb-girdle weakness and histologically dystrophic changes. The prevalence of each subtype of LGMD varies among different ethnic populations. This study for the first time an...

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Main Authors: Wen-Chen Liang, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Chien-Hua Wang, Chen-Hua Wang, Xia Tian, Wan-Zi Chen, Tzu-Min Kan, Narihiro Minami, Ichizo Nishino, Lee-Jun C. Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Muscle imaging
Alpha-dystroglycanopathy
Next-generation sequencing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-020-01445-1

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