Results 1 to 10 of about 7,623 (172)

Autosomal Recessive Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 10 (LGMD,10), Caused by a Novel Homozygous Variant in the TTN Gene [PDF]

International Medical Case Reports Journal
Omar Ahmed Alghamdi,1 Osama Obaid,2 Ahmed Gamal Sayed,3 Hania Farhan,3 Jamal Sayed1 1Department of Pediatrics, Security Forces Hospital Makkah, (SFHM), Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Maternity and Children Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia;
Alghamdi OA, Obaid O, Sayed AG, Farhan H, Sayed J   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2003
The phenotype in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 21 was defined by mutation analysis, protein studies, and respiratory and cardiac involvement studied in 16 patients from 14 families with fukutin-related protein (FKRP) gene mutations and LGMD,
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +4 more sources

Novel Biomarkers for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) [PDF]

Cells
Objective: To identify novel biomarkers as an alternative diagnostic tool for limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). Background: LGMD encompasses a group of muscular dystrophies characterized by proximal muscles weakness, elevated CK levels and ...
Sara Aguti, Gian Nicola Gallus, Silvia Bianchi, Simona Salvatore, Anna Rubegni, Gianna Berti, Patrizia Formichi, Nicola De Stefano, Alessandro Malandrini, Diego Lopergolo   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Аutosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A: two cases in Ukraine with different age of onset

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2021
The paper reports on two cases of young women from Ukraine with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A with different age of symptoms onset and an absence of any family history presented with gradual onset of proximal muscle weakness
Yu.H. Antipkin, L.H. Kyrylova, O.O. Miroshnykov, O.O. Yuzva, V.V. Orzheshkovskyi, A.F. Nechay   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limb girdle muscular dystrophies in India [PDF]

Neurology India, 2008
The recent years have seen remarkable progress in the field of limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) with the advances in immunocytochemistry and genetics. Based on this, many subgroups have emerged. Protein products and genes are getting defined and newer mechanisms of disease are being recognized.
Khadilkar, Satish V., Singh, Rakesh K.
openaire   +4 more sources

Circulating Biomarkers in Muscular Dystrophies: Disease and Therapy Monitoring

Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2020
Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders that primarily affect the muscle tissues. Across the muscular dystrophies, symptoms commonly compromise the quality of life in all areas of functioning.
Andrie Koutsoulidou, Leonidas A. Phylactou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of hereditary neuromuscular disorders in Northern Norway

Brain and Behavior, 2021
Aim To investigate the point prevalence of hereditary neuromuscular disorders on January 1, 2020 in Northern Norway. Methods From January 1, 1999, until January 1, 2020, we screened medical and genetic hospital records in Northern Norway for hereditary ...
Kai Ivar Müller, Marijke Van Ghelue, Irene Lund, Christoffer Jonsrud, Kjell Arne Arntzen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The heart in limb girdle muscular dystrophy [PDF]

Heart, 1998
Objective To assess the frequency, nature, and severity of cardiac abnormalities in limb girdle muscular dystrophy, and its relation to age and weakness in various genotypes. Design In 26 autosomal dominant, 38 autosomal recessive, and 33 sporadic ...
van der Kooi, A.J., de Voogt, W.G., Barth, P.G., Busch, H.F.M., Jennekens, F.G.I., Jongen, P.J.H., de Visser, M.   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Water T2 could predict functional decline in patients with dysferlinopathy

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Water T2 (T2H2O) mapping is increasingly being used in muscular dystrophies to assess active muscle damage. It has been suggested as a surrogate outcome measure for clinical trials.
Ursula Moore, Ericky Caldas de Almeida Araújo, Harmen Reyngoudt, Heather Gordish‐Dressman, Fiona E. Smith, Ian Wilson, Meredith James, Anna Mayhew, Laura Rufibach, John W. Day, Kristi J. Jones, Diana X. Bharucha‐Goebel, Emmanuelle Salort‐Campana, Alan Pestronk, Maggie C. Walter, Carmen Paradas, Tanya Stojkovic, Madoka Mori‐Yoshimura, Elena Bravver, Elena Pegoraro, Jerry R. Mendell, The Jain COS Consortium, Kate Bushby, Andrew M. Blamire, Volker Straub, Pierre G. Carlier, Jordi Diaz‐Manera   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

Common recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophies differential diagnosis: why and how?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2014
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies are heterogeneous autosomal hereditary neuromuscular disorders. They produce dystrophic changes on muscle biopsy and they are associated with mutations in several genes involved in muscular structure and function ...
Ana Cotta, Elmano Carvalho, Antonio Lopes da-Cunha-Júnior, Júlia Filardi Paim, Monica M. Navarro, Jaquelin Valicek, Miriam Melo Menezes, Simone Vilela Nunes, Rafael Xavier Neto, Reinaldo Issao Takata, Antonio Pedro Vargas   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source