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Title: | Expanding the importance of HMERF titinopathy: new mutations and clinical aspects |
Author: | Palmio, Johanna Leonard-Louis, Sarah Sacconi, Sabrina Savarese, Marco Penttilä, Sini Semmler, Anna‑Lena Kress, Wolfram Mozaffar, Tahseen Lai, Tim Stojkovic, Tanya Berardo, Andrés Reisin, Ricardo Attarian, Shahram Urtizberea, Andoni Cobo, Ana Maria Maggi, Lorenzo Kurbatov, Sergei Nikitin, Sergei Milisenda, José Fatehi, Farzad Raimondi, Monika Silveira, Fernando Hackman, Peter Claeys, Kristl G. Udd, Bjarne |
Keywords: | Malalties musculars Insuficiència respiratòria Distròfia muscular Muscular Diseases Respiratory insufficiency Muscular dystrophy |
Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2019 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | Objective: Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF) is caused by titin A-band mutations in exon 344 and considered quite rare. Respiratory insufficiency is an early symptom. A collection of families and patients with muscle disease suggestive of HMERF was clinically and genetically studied. Methods: Altogether 12 new families with 19 affected patients and diverse nationalities were studied. Most of the patients were investigated using targeted next-generation sequencing; Sanger sequencing was applied in some of the patients and available family members. Histological data and muscle MRI findings were evaluated. Results: Three families had several family members studied while the rest were single patients. Most patients had distal and proximal muscle weakness together with respiratory insufficiency. Five heterozygous TTN A-band mutations were identified of which two were novel. Also with the novel mutations the muscle pathology and imaging findings were compatible with the previous reports of HMERF. Conclusions: Our collection of 12 new families expands mutational spectrum with two new mutations identified. HMERF is not that rare and can be found worldwide, but maybe underdiagnosed. Diagnostic process seems to be complex as this study shows with mostly single patients without clear dominant family history. Keywords: Hereditary myopathy; Respiratory failure; Titin; Titinopathy, mutations. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09187-2 |
It is part of: | Journal of Neurology, 2019, vol. 266, num. 3, p. 680-690 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/171996 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09187-2 |
ISSN: | 0340-5354 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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