A mutation causes MuSK reduced sensitivity to agrin and congenital myasthenia.

Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders affecting neuromuscular transmission. The agrin/muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) pathway is critical for proper development and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). We report here an Iranian patient in who...

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Main Authors: Asma Ben Ammar, Payam Soltanzadeh, Stéphanie Bauché, Pascale Richard, Evelyne Goillot, Ruth Herbst, Karen Gaudon, Caroline Huzé, Laurent Schaeffer, Yuji Yamanashi, Osamu Higuchi, Antoine Taly, Jeanine Koenig, Jean-Paul Leroy, Fayçal Hentati, Hossein Najmabadi, Kimia Kahrizi, Manouchehr Ilkhani, Michel Fardeau, Bruno Eymard, Daniel Hantaï
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541344?pdf=render