Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

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The phenotype distinction between Myoshi distal myopathy and LGMD R2 is no longer justifiable in dysferlinopathy

Dysferlinopathy encompasses several clinical entities, having in common a deficit in dysferlin, a protein involved in muscle fibre membrane repair mechanisms. Initially reduced simply to Myoshi distal myopathy, the phenotype spectrum was rapidly extended to pure proximal forms such as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) R2, and especially to mixed proximal/distal forms. Dysferlinopathy is transmitted in … [Read more]