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Case Reports
. 1998 Mar;35(3):241-3.
doi: 10.1136/jmg.35.3.241.

Extensive germinal mosaicism in a family with X linked myotubular myopathy simulates genetic heterogeneity

M C Vincent  1 , C Guiraud-Chaumeil, J Laporte, S Manouvrier-Hanu, J L Mandel
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Extensive germinal mosaicism in a family with X linked myotubular myopathy simulates genetic heterogeneity

M C Vincent et al. J Med Genet. 1998 Mar.

Abstract

A family with two male cousins affected with myotubular myopathy (MTM) was referred to us for genetic counselling. Linkage analysis appeared to exclude the Xq28 region. As a gene for X linked MTM was recently identified in Xq28, we screened the obligatory carrier mothers for mutation. We found a 4 bp deletion in exon 4 of the MTM1 gene, which originated from the grandfather of the affected children and which was transmitted to three daughters. This illustrates the importance of mutation detection to avoid pitfalls in linkage analysis that may be caused by such cases of germinal mosaicism.

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