Cardiac and respiratory failure in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2I.
Mutations in the gene encoding fukutin-related protein cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2I. In this multicenter retrospective analysis of 38 patients, 55.3% had cardiac abnormalities, of which 24% had developed cardiac failure. Heterozygotes for the common C826A mutation developed cardiac involv...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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