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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
A 4-year-old girl was identified with high creatine kinase (CK) values, and mild muscle weakness in a limb-girdle distribution. Results of dystrophin analysis of the muscle biopsy were consistent with a manifesting heterozygote for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In peripheral lymphocytes she had a t(X;12) (p21.2;q24.33). Late DNA replication studies demonstrated inactivation of the normal X chromosome in 99.4% of cells. Dystrophin immunofluorescence showed 64% dystrophin-negative muscle fibers. Dystrophin content of muscle by immunoblot was approximately 5% of normal. The discordance between the percent of normal X inactivation and percent of dystrophin-negative cells may be explained by compensatory protection of dystrophin by rare nuclei with the normal X active in multi-nucleated muscle fibers with shared cytoplasm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0148-7299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1012-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
X inactivation and dystrophin studies in a t(X;12) female: evidence for biochemical normalization in Duchenne muscular dystrophy carriers.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Genetics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports