Dystrophinopathy expressing as either cardiomyopathy or Becker dystrophy in the same family
- 25 January 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 54 (2) , 529
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.54.2.529
Abstract
A 65-year-old man (figure, A; II-2) presented to us following the incidental finding of increased serum CK in his 5-year-old grandson (figure, A; IV-2). He had a family history of “cardiomyopathy,” which caused the death of his mother (figure, A; I-1) and two brothers (figure, A; II-3, II-4) in their sixth decade. He had two healthy daughters; one …Keywords
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