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SUBMITTER: Roda RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4284131 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roda Ricardo H RH Schindler Alice B AB Blackstone Craig C Mammen Andrew L AL Corse Andrea M AM Lloyd Thomas E TE
Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20141106 12
Mutations in MYH7 cause autosomal dominant Laing distal myopathy. We present a family with a previously reported deletion (c.5186_5188delAGA, p.K1729del). Muscle pathology in one family member was characterized by an inflammatory myopathy with rimmed vacuoles, increased MHC Class I expression, and perivascular and endomysial muscle inflammation comprising CD3(+), CD4(+), CD8(+), and CD68(+) inflammatory cells. Interestingly, this biopsy specimen contained TDP-43, p62, and SMI-31-positive protein ...[more]