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Title: | Phenotypic patterns of desminopathy associated with three novel mutations in the desmin gene |
Author: | Olivé i Plana, Montserrat Armstrong i Morón, Judith Miralles, Francesc Pou, Adolf Fardeau, Michel González Mera, Laura Martínez, Francesca Fisher, Dirk Martínez Matos, Juan Antonio Shatunov, Alexey Goldfarb, Lev G. Ferrer, Isidro (Ferrer Abizanda) |
Keywords: | Malalties musculars Miocardiopaties Mutació (Biologia) Gens Muscular Diseases Myocardiopathies Mutation (Biology) Genes |
Issue Date: | Jun-2007 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Desminopathy represents a subgroup of myofibrillar myopathies caused by mutations in the desmin gene. Three novel disease-associated mutations in the desmin gene were identified in unrelated Spanish families affected by cardioskeletal myopathy. A selective pattern of muscle involvement, which differed from that observed in myofibrillar myopathy resulting from mutations in the myotilin gene, was observed in each of the three families with novel mutations and each of three desminopathy patients with known desmin mutations. Prominent joint retractions at the ankles and characteristic nasal speech were observed early in the course of illness. These findings suggest that muscle imaging in combination with routine clinical and pathological examination may be helpful in distinguishing desminopathy from other forms of myofibrillar myopathy and ordering appropriate molecular investigations. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2007.02.009 |
It is part of: | Neuromuscular Disorders, 2007, vol. 17, num. 6, p. 443-450 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/127619 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2007.02.009 |
ISSN: | 0960-8966 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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