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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Patrick Chinnery, Dr Margaret Johnson, Dr Timothy Walls, Emeritus Professor John Gibson, Dr Peter Fawcett, Dr Michael Cullen, Emerita Professor Katherine Bushby
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We describe a novel autosomal dominant myopathy presenting in mid-adult life with tibialis anterior weakness. We carried out a detailed clinical assessment of 24 individuals spanning three generations, documenting pathologic features of the muscles in 7 of the 11 affected individuals, including an autopsy study on one case. The second generation of affected individuals presented at an earlier age, and the disease progressed more rapidly than in the first generation. Lung function tests revealed progressive global respiratory muscle weakness detectable from the time of presentation, with preferential diaphragmatic involvement in some cases. Hip girdle and shoulder girdle weakness appeared later in the disease course. We observed a striking correlation between the clinical and pathological features. Clinically unaffected muscles had minimal pathologic change. Fiber splitting, eosinophilic inclusions, and vacuoles with basophilic rims were seen in moderately affected muscles, and fat and fibrous connective tissue replaced muscle fibers in the severely involved muscles. The inclusions were Congophilic and reacted with antibodies to desmin, β-amyloid, and phosphorylated tau protein. The disease was not linked to any of the known loci associated with distal myopathies, confirming that the disorder in this family is both genetically and phenotypically distinct.
Author(s): Chinnery PF, Johnson MA, Walls TJ, Gibson J, Fawcett PRW, Jamieson S, Fulthorpe JJ, Cullen M, Hudgson P, Bushby KMD
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Annals of Neurology
Year: 2001
Volume: 49
Issue: 4
Pages: 443-452
ISSN (print): 0364-5134
ISSN (electronic): 1531-8249
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.93
DOI: 10.1002/ana.93
PubMed id: 11310621
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