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Muscle imaging in muscle dystrophies produced by mutations in the EMD and LMNA genes
Autores de IIS La Fe
Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe
- Díaz-Manera J
- Alejaldre A
- Gómez-Andrés D
- Llauger J
- Carbonell P
- Fernández-Torrón R
- Poza JJ
- López de Munáin A
- González-Quereda L
- Clarimon J
- Gallano P
- Rojas-García R
- Gallardo E
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Abstract
Identifying the mutated gene that produces a particular muscle dystrophy is difficult because different genotypes may share a phenotype and vice versa. Muscle MRI is a useful tool to recognize patterns of muscle involvement in patients with muscle dystrophies and to guide the diagnosis process. The radiologic pattern of muscle involvement in patients with mutations in the EMD and LMNA genes has not been completely established. Our objective is to describe the pattern of muscle fatty infiltration in patients with mutations in the EMD and in the LMNA genes and to search for differences between the two genotypes that could be helpful to guide the genetic tests. We conducted a national multicenter study in 42 patients, 10 with mutations in the EMD gene and 32 with mutations in the LMNA gene. MRI or CT was used to study the muscles from trunk to legs. Patients had a similar pattern of fatty infiltration regardless of whether they had the mutation in the EMD or LMNA gene. The main muscles involved were the paravertebral, glutei, quadriceps, biceps, semitendinosus, semimenibranosus, adductor major, soleus, and gastrocnemius. Involvement of peroneus muscle, which was more frequently affected in patients with mutations in the EMD gene, was useful to differentiate between the two genotypes. Muscle MRI/CT identifies a similar pattern of muscle fatty infiltration in patients with mutations in the EMD or the LMNA genes. The involvement of peroneus muscles could be useful to conduct genetic analysis in patients with an EDMD phenotype. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Datos de la publicación
- ISSN/ISSNe:
- 0960-8966, 1873-2364
- Tipo:
- Article
- Páginas:
- 33-40
- PubMed:
- 26573435
- Factor de Impacto:
- 1,421 SCImago ℠
- Cuartil:
- Q1 SCImago ℠
NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Citas Recibidas en Web of Science: 46
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Keywords
- Emery-Dreifuss; LMNA; EMD; Muscle MRI; Muscle CT; Muscle dystrophy
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Díaz J,Alejaldre A,GONZÁLEZ L,OLIVÉ M,Gómez D,MUELAS N,VÍLCHEZ JJ,Llauger J,Carbonell P,MÁRQUEZ C,Fernández R,Poza JJ,López de Munáin A,González L,MIRABET S,Clarimon J,Gallano P,Rojas R,Gallardo E,ILLA I. Muscle imaging in muscle dystrophies produced by mutations in the EMD and LMNA genes. Neuromusc. Disord. 2016. 26. (1):p. 33-40. IF:2,969. (2).