Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) are X-linked muscular diseases
responsible for over 80% of all muscular dystrophies. Cardiac disease is a common …

Limb girdle muscular dystrophies: classification, clinical s... : Current Opinion in Neurology
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies: classification, clinical spectrum and emerging therapies …

This international multidisciplinary document is intended to guide electrophysiologists,
cardiologists, other clinicians, and health care professionals in caring for patients with …

Background Dental pulp represents an easily accessible autologous source of adult stem
cells. A subset of these cells, named dental pulp pluripotent-like stem cells (DPPSC), shows …

Background Truncating variants in titin (TTNtv) are the most common cause of dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM). We evaluated the genotype-phenotype correlation in TTNtv-DCM …

Background: Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a heritable group of genetically
determined disorders with a primary involvement of the pelvic or shoulder girdle …

Background Type 2C and 2D limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a group of
autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophies manifested by proximal myopathy …

Introduction Reported frequencies of cardiomyopathy in limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9
(LGMDR9) vary. We describe the frequency and age at onset of cardiomyopathy in an …

Background Mutations in the gene coding for protein O-mannosyl-transferase 2 (POMT2)
are known to cause severe congenital muscular dystrophy, and recently, mutations in …

Background Genetic variants in titin (TTN) are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy
(DCM) and skeletal myopathy. However, the skeletal muscle phenotype in individuals …