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    A novel gamma-sarcoglycan mutation causing childhood onset, slowly progressive limb girdle muscular dystrophy

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    Limb girdle muscular dystrophy is a heterogeneous group of disorders. One autosomal recessive subtype, LGMD2C, has been linked to chromosome 13, and is caused by gamma-sarcoglycan deficiency in muscle. This report describes a novel missense mutation identified in a large consanguineous Dutch family with LGMD. This mutation leads to reduction of gamma-sarcoglycan, and gives rise to a childhood-onset, slowly progressive dystrophy. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserve
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