Homozygous missense variant in the TTN gene causing autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 10.
Amjad KhanRongrong WangShirui HanMuhammad UmairSafdar AbbasMuhammad Ismail KhanMohammad A AlshabeebMajid AlfadhelXue ZhangPublished in: BMC medical genetics (2019)
We identified a homozygous missense variant in TTN, which likely explains LGMD type 10 in this family in line with similar previously reported data. Our study concludes that WES is a successful molecular diagnostic tool to identify pathogenic variants in large genes such as TTN in highly inbred population.