A case report of adolescent myofibrillar myopathy due to a de novo R406W pathogenic variant in desmin with symptoms of “hypertrophic cardiomyopathy”

Objective: Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of sporadic and inherited progressive skeletal muscle disorders that can lead to physical disability and premature death. To date, pathogenic variants in different genes are associated with MFM. MFM induced by variants in the Desmin (DES) gene is...

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Main Authors: Hongyan Xiao, Laichun Song, Liang Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024010405