A new congenital muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities.

I, Nishino; O, Kobayashi; Y, Goto; M, Kurihara; K, Kumagai; T, Fujita; K, Hashimoto; S, Horai; I, Nonaka

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199801)21:1<40::aid-mus6>3.0.co;2-g

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A new congenital muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities.

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Nishino I

Kobayashi O

Goto Y

Abstract

We report a new form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) in 4 patients from three unrelated families with probable autosomal-recessive inheritance. All patients had the clinical characteristics of merosin-positive congenital muscular dystrophy, but had marked mental retardation. The disease was s...

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