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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Autosomal recessive nemaline (rod) myopathy is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. A clinically distinct, typical form, with onset in infancy and a non-progressive or slowly progressive course, has been assigned to a region on chromosome 2q22 harbouring the nebulin gene Mutations have now been found in this gene, confirming its causative role. The gene for slow tropomyosin TPM3 on chromosome 1q21, previously found to cause a dominantly inherited form, has recently been found to be homozygously mutated in one severe consanguineous case. Here we wished to determine the degree of genetic homogeneity or heterogeneity of autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy by linkage analysis of 45 families from 10 countries. Forty-one of the families showed linkage results compatible with linkage to markers in the nebulin region, the highest combined lod scores at zero recombination being 14.13 for the marker D2S2236. We found no indication of genetic heterogeneity for the typical form of nemaline myopathy. In four families with more severe forms of nemaline myopathy, however, linkage to both the nebulin and the TPM3 locus was excluded. Our results indicate that at least three genetic loci exist for autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy. Studies of additional families are needed to localise the as yet unknown causative genes, and to fully elucidate genotype-phenotype correlations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
564-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, and The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Finland. carina.wallgren@helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't