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ArticleCase reports in genetics2014

Concomitant alpha- and gamma-sarcoglycan deficiencies in a Turkish boy with a novel deletion in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene.

Gulden Diniz, Hulya Tosun Yildirim, Sarenur Gokben, Gul Serdaroglu, Filiz Hazan, Kanay Yararbas, Ajlan Tukun

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Article in Case reports in genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Childhood onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophies in the Aegean part of Turkey.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2018
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gulden DinizNeuromuscular Diseases Centre, Tepecik Research Hospital, Kibris Sehitleri Caddesi 51/11, Alsancak, 35220 Izmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1512-7584
Hulya Tosun YildirimPathology Department, Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Research Hospital, 35210 İzmir, Turkey.
Sarenur GokbenPediatric Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, 35100 İzmir, Turkey.
Gul SerdarogluPediatric Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, 35100 İzmir, Turkey.
Filiz HazanMedical Genetics Department, Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Research Hospital, 35210 Izmir, Turkey.
Kanay YararbasMedical Genetics Department, Duzen Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey ; Medical Genetics Department, Duzen Laboratories, Ankara, Turkey.
Ajlan TukunMedical Genetics Department, Duzen Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey ; Medical Genetics Department, Duzen Laboratories, Ankara, Turkey ; Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi · TREge University · TRAnkara University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D (LGMD-2D) is caused by autosomal recessive defects in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene located on chromosome 17q21. In this study, we present a child with alpha-sarcoglycanopathy and describe a novel deletion in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene. A 5-year-old boy had a very high serum creatinine phosphokinase level, which was determined incidentally, and a negative molecular test for the dystrophin gene. Muscle biopsy showed dystrophic features. Immunohistochemistry showed that there was diminished expression of alpha- and gamma-sarcoglycans. DNA analysis revealed a novel 7 bp homozygous deletion in exon 3 of the alpha-sarcoglycan gene. His parents were consanguineous heterozygous carriers of the same deletion. We believe this is the first confirmed case of primary alpha-sarcoglycanopathy with a novel deletion in Turkey. In addition, this study demonstrated that both muscle biopsy and DNA analysis remain important methods for the differential diagnosis of muscular dystrophies because dystrophinopathies and sarcoglycanopathies are so similar.

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