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SUBMITTER: Speer MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1682558 | biostudies-other | 1992 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Speer M C MC Yamaoka L H LH Gilchrist J H JH Gaskell C P CP Stajich J M JM Vance J M JM Kazantsev A A Lastra A A AA Haynes C S CS Beckmann J S JS
American journal of human genetics 19920601 6
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a clinically and genetically heterogenous group of disorders, with both recessive and dominant forms reported. Recently, a series of recessive LGMD families were linked to chromosome 15q. We report herein the results of our linkage studies in a previously reported large autosomal dominant family. The LGMD gene in this family was localized to chromosome 5q22.3-31.3 by using a series of CA(n) microsatellite repeat markers. Linkage to 15q was excluded. These ...[more]