Sporadic lower limb hypertrophy and exercise induced myalgia in a woman with dystrophin gene deletion.

Malapert, D; Recan, D; Leturcq, F; Degos, J D; Gherardi, R K · J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 25 year old woman, without family history of muscular dystrophy, had had an isolated lower limb hypertrophy since infancy and later experienced exercise-induced myalgia. Genomic DNA analysis showed a deletion of exons 45 to 52 of the dystrophin gene. Uncommon phenotypes of dystrophinopathies and consequences in genetic counselling in women are emphasised.

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