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SUBMITTER: Hashemi-Gorji F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305815 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hashemi-Gorji Feyzollah F Yassaee Vahid Reza VR Dashti Parisa P Miryounesi Mohammad M
Iranian biomedical journal 20180430 6
<h4>Background</h4>Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease occurred due to mutations in the LAMA2 gene. This study investigated the molecular genetics of three Iranian MDC1A patients who manifested hypotonia, muscle weakness at birth, elevated levels of creatine kinase, and normal magnetic resonance imaging before the age of six months<h4>Methods</h4>Peripheral blood samples were collected from three unrelated patients and their famil ...[more]