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A novel COL6A2 mutation causing late-onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Authors: Manu Jokela, Sara Lehtinen, Johanna Palmio, Anna-Maija Saukkonen, Sanna Huovinen, Anna Vihola, Bjarne Udd
Publisher: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH and Co. KG
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Journal of Neurology
Journal name in source: Journal of Neurology
Volume: 266
Issue: 7
First page : 1649
Last page: 1654
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0340-5354
eISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09307-y
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/40287138
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are genetic disorders characterized by weakness of predominantly proximal limb and trunk muscles due to progressive loss of muscle tissue. Collagen VI-related muscular dystrophies usually display more generalized muscle involvement combined with contractures and/or hyperlaxity of distal finger joints. LGMD-like phenotype of collagenopathy has only rarely been described and as reported is usually of childhood onset. We identified a Finnish family with COL6A2-related LGMD with autosomal dominant inheritance and very late onset at 40–60 years of age. Since the mutation was previously unreported, the pathognomonic findings on muscle MRI were the decisive clue for the correct diagnosis.
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