
doi: 10.1093/brain/awv013
pmid: 25681410
Dystroglycanopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases with a broad phenotypic spectrum ranging from severe disorders with congenital muscle weakness, eye and brain structural abnormalities and intellectual delay to adult-onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophies without mental retardation. Most frequently the disease onset is congenital or during childhood. The exception is FKRP mutations, in which adult onset is a common presentation. Here we report eight patients from five non-consanguineous families where next generation sequencing identified mutations in the GMPPB gene. Six patients presented as an adult or adolescent-onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, one presented with isolated episodes of rhabdomyolysis, and one as a congenital muscular dystrophy. This report expands the phenotypic spectrum of GMPPB mutations to include limb-girdle muscular dystrophies with adult onset with or without intellectual disability, or isolated rhabdomyolysis.
Adult, Male, Adolescent, Middle Aged, Nucleotidyltransferases, Pedigree, Young Adult, Fatal Outcome, Phenotype, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Humans, Female, Child, Dystroglycans, Aged
Adult, Male, Adolescent, Middle Aged, Nucleotidyltransferases, Pedigree, Young Adult, Fatal Outcome, Phenotype, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Humans, Female, Child, Dystroglycans, Aged
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