Linkage of proximal myotonic myopathy to chromosome 3q.

Ricker, K; Grimm, T; Koch, M C; Schneider, C; Kress, W; Reimers, C D; Schulte-Mattler, W; Mueller-Myhsok, B et al. · Neurology · 1999

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We performed genetic linkage analysis in nine German proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM) families using DNA-markers D3S1541 and D3S1589 from the region of the recently discovered gene locus of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) on chromosome 3q. Two-point analysis supplied an lod score of 5.9. We conclude that a gene causing PROMM is located on chromosome 3q. PROMM and DM2 may be allelic disorders or may be caused by closely linked genes.

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