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• Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles: novel mutations in the GNE gene.

  Tomimitsu H, Ishikawa K, Shimizu J, Ohkoshi N, Kanazawa I, Mizusawa H. Tomimitsu H, et al. Neurology. 2002 Aug 13;59(3):451-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.59.3.451. Neurology. 2002. PMID: 12177386
• Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles is allelic to hereditary inclusion body myopathy.

  Nishino I, Noguchi S, Murayama K, Driss A, Sugie K, Oya Y, Nagata T, Chida K, Takahashi T, Takusa Y, Ohi T, Nishimiya J, Sunohara N, Ciafaloni E, Kawai M, Aoki M, Nonaka I. Nishino I, et al. Neurology. 2002 Dec 10;59(11):1689-93. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000041631.28557.c6. Neurology. 2002. PMID: 12473753
• GNE mutations in an American family with quadriceps-sparing IBM and lack of mutations in s-IBM.

  Vasconcelos OM, Raju R, Dalakas MC. Vasconcelos OM, et al. Neurology. 2002 Dec 10;59(11):1776-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000039780.13681.ad. Neurology. 2002. PMID: 12473769
• An Italian family with autosomal recessive inclusion-body myopathy and mutations in the GNE gene.

  Broccolini A, Pescatori M, D'Amico A, Sabino A, Silvestri G, Ricci E, Servidei S, Tonali PA, Mirabella M. Broccolini A, et al. Neurology. 2002 Dec 10;59(11):1808-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000031808.04545.e0. Neurology. 2002. PMID: 12473780 No abstract available.