A Japanese family carrying a novel mutation in the Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy gene.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report on a Japanese family affected by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy carrying a novel mutation of the emerin (STA) gene. The cardinal clinical feature of the family was cardiac conduction block and mild myopathy. A deletion of 11 bp with a frameshift was identified in exon 6, causing truncation of the predicted protein. The relationship between mutation and phenotype is discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Frameshift Mutation
- Membrane Proteins
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Thymopoietins