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    Neuromuscul Disord. 1999 Oct;9(6-7):399-402.

    Manifesting heterozygotes in a Japanese family with a novel mutation in the muscle-specific phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM-M) gene.

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    Department of Neurology, H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.

    Abstract

    Muscle-specific phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM-M) deficiency results in a metabolic myopathy (glycogenosis type X). Three mutations in the PGAM-M gene have been described thus far, two in African-American families and one in a Caucasian family. In two of them, manifesting heterozygotes were documented. We found a new PGAM-M mutation in a Japanese family with partial PGAM deficiency: a G-to-A transition at nucleotide position 209, resulting in the substitution of a highly conserved glycine at codon 97 with aspartic acid (G97D). Two heterozygous family members for the G97D mutation presented with exercise intolerance and muscle cramps. We describe the first PGAM-M mutation in the Japanese population and confirm that heterozygous individuals can be symptomatic.

    PMID:
    10545043
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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