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ReviewItalian journal of pediatrics2017

Congenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools.

Denise Cassandrini, Rosanna Trovato, Anna Rubegni, Sara Lenzi, Chiara Fiorillo, Jacopo Baldacci, Carlo Minetti, Guja Astrea, Claudio Bruno, Filippo M Santorelli and 1 more

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Review in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Denise CassandriniMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Rosanna TrovatoMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Anna RubegniMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Sara LenziNeurology, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Chiara FiorilloMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Jacopo BaldacciMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Carlo MinettiUnit of Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Disorders, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Guja AstreaNeurology, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
Claudio BrunoDepartment of Neuroscience, Center of Myology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Filippo M SantorelliMolecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy. filippo3364@gmail.com.
Italian Network on Congenital Myopathies

Funding

Fondazione Telethon GEP12019Fondazione Telethon GUP08005Fondazione Telethon GUP13004BMinistero della Salute GR-2010-2310981Ministero della Salute GR-2010-2317029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital myopathies are a group of genetic muscle disorders characterized clinically by hypotonia and weakness, usually from birth, and a static or slowly progressive clinical course. Historically, congenital myopathies have been classified on the basis of major morphological features seen on muscle biopsy. However, different genes have now been identified as associated with the various phenotypic and histological expressions of these disorders, and in recent years, because of their unexpectedly wide genetic and clinical heterogeneity, next-generation sequencing has increasingly been used for their diagnosis. We reviewed clinical and genetic forms of congenital myopathy and defined possible strategies to improve cost-effectiveness in histological and imaging diagnosis.

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Biopsy, NeedleDisease ProgressionFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansImmunohistochemistryIncidenceMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMuscular DystrophiesMyopathies, NemalinePrognosisRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexCongenital myopathyMuscle biopsyMuscle MRINext generation sequencing

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PMID29141652
PMCPMC5688763

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