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Østergaard ST, Johnson K, Stojkovic T, Krag T, De Ridder W, De Jonghe P, Baets J, Claeys KG, Fernández-Torrón R, Phillips L, Topf A, Colomer J, Nafissi S, Jamal-Omidi S, Bouchet-Seraphin C, Leturcq F, MacArthur DG, Lek M, Xu L, Nelson I, Straub V, Vissing J. Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to mutations in POMT2. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2018; 89:506-512. [PMID: 29175898 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-317018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mutations in the gene coding for protein O-mannosyl-transferase 2 (POMT2) are known to cause severe congenital muscular dystrophy, and recently, mutations in POMT2 have also been linked to a milder limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) phenotype, named LGMD type 2N (LGMD2N). Only four cases have been reported so far.ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02759302 METHODS: We report 12 new cases of LGMD2N, aged 18-63 years. Muscle involvement was assessed by MRI, muscle strength testing and muscle biopsy analysis. Other clinical features were also recorded. RESULTS Presenting symptoms were difficulties in walking, pain during exercise, delayed motor milestones and learning disabilities at school. All had some degree of cognitive impairment. Brain MRIs were abnormal in 3 of 10 patients, showing ventricular enlargement in one, periventricular hyperintensities in another and frontal atrophy of the left hemisphere in a third patient. Most affected muscle groups were hip and knee flexors and extensors on strength testing. On MRI, most affected muscles were hamstrings followed by paraspinal and gluteal muscles. The 12 patients in our cohort carried 11 alleles with known mutations, whereas 11 novel mutations accounted for the remaining 13 alleles. CONCLUSION We describe the first cohort of patients with LGMD2N and show that unlike other LGMD types, all patients had cognitive impairment. Primary muscle involvement was found in hamstring, paraspinal and gluteal muscles on MRI, which correlated well with reduced muscle strength in hip and knee flexors and extensors. The study expands the mutational spectrum for LGMD2N, with the description of 11 novel POMT2 mutations in the association with LGMD2N. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT02759302.
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- Sofie Thurø Østergaard
- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- AP-HP, Institute of Myology, Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- Neurogenetics Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Antwerp, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neuromuscular Pathology, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Neurogenetics Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Antwerp, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neuromuscular Pathology, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Neurogenetics Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Antwerp, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neuromuscular Pathology, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurosciences, Experimental Neurology, Laboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Donostia University Hospital, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Servei de Neurologia, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Unitatde Patología Neuromuscular, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurology, Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie Moleculaires Hopital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center of Research in Myology, Institutede Myologie, Paris, France
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Smogavec M, Zschüntzsch J, Kress W, Mohr J, Hellen P, Zoll B, Pauli S, Schmidt J. Novel fukutin mutations in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2M with childhood onset. Neurol Genet 2017; 3:e167. [PMID: 28785732 PMCID: PMC5524525 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Mateja Smogavec
- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (M.S., B.Z., S.P.), Department of Neurology (J.Z., J.S.), and Department of Neuroradiology (P.H.), University Medical Center Göttingen; Department of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg; and CeGaT GmbH und Praxis für Humangenetik (J.M.), Tübingen, Germany
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Oestergaard ST, Stojkovic T, Dahlqvist JR, Bouchet-Seraphin C, Nectoux J, Leturcq F, Cossée M, Solé G, Thomsen C, Krag TO, Vissing J. Muscle involvement in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with GMPPB deficiency (LGMD2T). NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2016; 2:e112. [PMID: 27766311 PMCID: PMC5061416 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, muscle involvement assessed by MRI and levels of GMPPB and glycosylation of α-dystroglycan expression in muscle were examined in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2T. METHODS Six new patients with genetically verified mutations in GMPPB were studied. T1-weighted magnetic resonance images were obtained in 4 participants. Muscle strength and potential involvement of extramuscular organs were examined. Glycosylation of α-dystroglycan in muscle was studied, and GMPPB and α-dystroglycan expression was analyzed by Western blotting. Prevalence of LGMD2T was calculated from the total LGMD population in Denmark. GMPPB was sequenced in all unclassified cases. RESULTS Two patients carried 3 new mutations in GMPPB. The other 4 patients carried previously described pathogenic mutations in GMPPB. MRI showed that the paraspinal muscles were the most affected, followed by involvement of hamstrings. Our results showed a loss of glycosylation of α-dystroglycan as well as secondary loss of merosin expression on Western blotting. The prevalence of LGMD2T in the Danish cohort of patients with LGMD is 1.5%. CONCLUSIONS The new findings of this study are (1) the consistent finding of a preferential affection of paraspinal and hamstring muscles in LGMD2T, (2) 3 new mutations in GMPPB, (3) variable loss of glycosylation tested with IIH6 and VIA4 antibodies, and (4) a prevalence of LGMD2T of 1.5% in a well-characterized Danish LGMD cohort.
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- S T Oestergaard
- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center (S.T.O., J.R.D., T.O.K., J.V.), Department of Neurology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology (C.T.), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; AP-HP, Institute of Myology (T.S.), Centre de reference des maladies neuromusculaires Paris Est, G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat (C.B.-S.), Département de Biochimie et de Génétique, Paris; Service de génétique et biologie moléculaires (J.N., F.L.), HUPC Hôpital Cochin, Paris; Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire and UE 7402 (M.C.), CHRU Montpellier, Université Montpellier; and Center of Reference for Neuromuscular Disorders (G.S.), CHU Bordeaux, France
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Ismail S, Schaffer AE, Rosti RO, Gleeson JG, Zaki MS. Novel mutation in the fukutin gene in an Egyptian family with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy and microcephaly. Gene 2014; 539:279-82. [PMID: 24530477 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.01.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD, MIM#253800) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe muscular dystrophy associated with brain malformations. FCMD is the second most common form of muscular dystrophy after Duchenne muscular dystrophy and one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases among the Japanese population, and yet few patients outside of Japan had been reported with this disorder. We report the first known Egyptian patient with FCMD, established by clinical features of generalized weakness, pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles, progressive joint contractures, severe scoliosis, elevated serum creatine kinase level, myopathic electrodiagnostic changes, brain MRI with cobblestone complex, and mutation in the fukutin gene. In addition, our patient displayed primary microcephaly, not previously reported associated with fukutin mutations. Our results expand the geographic and clinical spectrum of fukutin mutations.
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- Samira Ismail
- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo 12311, Egypt
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo 12311, Egypt.
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