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Genetic basis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies: the 2014 update

@article{Nigro2014GeneticBO,
  title={Genetic basis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies: the 2014 update},
  author={Vincenzo Nigro and Marco Savarese},
  journal={Acta Myologica},
  year={2014},
  volume={33},
  pages={1 - 12}
}
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a highly heterogeneous group of muscle disorders, which first affect the voluntary muscles of the hip and shoulder areas. The definition is highly descriptive and less ambiguous by exclusion: non-Xlinked, non-FSH, non-myotonic, non-distal, nonsyndromic, and non-congenital. At present, the genetic classification is becoming too complex, since the acronym LGMD has also been used for a number of other myopathic disorders with overlapping phenotypes… 
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