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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2017

Characteristic Posterior-dominant Lower Limb Muscle Involvement in Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy due to a DNAJB6 Phe93Leu Mutation.

Yuta Kojima, Yu-Ichi Noto, Daiki Takewaki, Naoki Tokuda, Kensuke Shiga, Ai Hamano, Ikuko Mizuta, Manabu Muranishi, Takashi Kasai, Masanori Nakagawa and 1 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2017. 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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Yuta KojimaDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Yu-Ichi NotoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Daiki TakewakiDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Naoki TokudaDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Kensuke ShigaDepartment of Medical Education & Primary Care, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Ai HamanoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Ikuko MizutaDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Manabu MuranishiDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Takashi KasaiDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Masanori NakagawaNorth Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Toshiki MizunoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JPNorth Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 41-year-old man presented with gradually progressing proximal-dominant lower limb atrophy and weakness. His brother, mother and maternal aunt had the same symptoms. A physical examination and muscle imaging (CT and ultrasound) showed selective muscle involvement of the bilateral paraspinal, gluteus and posterior groups of lower limb muscles. Based on the characteristic muscle involvement pattern, the clinical findings and the muscle biopsy results, we made a straightforward diagnosis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) due to a DNAJB6 Phe93Leu mutation based on a targeted gene analysis. In the differential diagnosis of adult-onset LGMD syndromes, in addition to investigating the family history, it is important to perform an extensive physical examination to determine the pattern of muscle involvement, and to perform a muscle biopsy. Our case suggests that posterior-dominant lower limb muscle impairment with gluteus and truncal muscle involvement and the detection of rimmed vacuoles on a muscle biopsy could be clues for the diagnosis of LGMD due to DNAJB6 mutations.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdultAgedFemaleHumansLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedMolecular ChaperonesMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophies, Limb-GirdleMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesNerve Tissue ProteinsDNAJB6LGMD1DLGMD1ELGMD syndromelimb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)Phe93Leu

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