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Summary: This study provides insights into the natural history and genotype-phenotype correlations in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy among Chinese patients, highlighting the importance of differentiating between LAMA2-CMD and LGMDR23 for clinical management and research purposes.
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Duo-Zi Wang, Bing-Hu Li, Qiong Ma, Zhou Yu, Kai Chen, Ying He, Song Tan
Summary: This article reports a case of a 52-year-old woman with rare limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMDR23), characterized by proximal weakness in the limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed symmetrical sphenoid wings-like white matter demyelination in bilateral lateral ventricles. Electromyography revealed quadriceps muscle damage in both lower extremities. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) identified two loci variations in the LAMA2 gene. This case highlights the importance of considering LGMDR23 in patients with weakness and white matter demyelination on MRI brain, and expands the gene variants spectrum of LGMDR23.
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Summary: This study conducted a retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal study on 19 Chinese patients with LAMA2-related limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD R23), and found that most patients had normal early motor development, some had mild orthopedic complications, 36.8% had seizures, and 26.3% were diagnosed with epilepsy. Genetic analysis identified 29 pathogenic variants, with missense and frameshift variants being the most common. Missense variants in exon 4 may be correlated with epilepsy, and variants in the LN domain may be correlated with motor neuropathy. The study expands the clinical and genetic spectrum caused by LAMA2 variations and provides novel genotype-phenotype correlations of LGMD R23.
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