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A Novel EMD Mutation Identified by Whole-Exome Sequencing in Twins with Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy.

Xiafei DaiRong LuoYang ChenChenqing ZhengYibin TangHongmei ZhangYe SuTao HeXiaoping Li
Published in: Case reports in genetics (2020)
This case reports a novel hemizygous frameshift EMD mutation (c.487delA, p.Ser163fs) in twins of an Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy family with severe cardiac involvement and mild muscle weakness. Their mother carried the same heterozygous mutation.
Keyphrases
  • muscular dystrophy
  • duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • early onset
  • skeletal muscle
  • left ventricular
  • case report
  • gestational age
  • atrial fibrillation
  • drug induced