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Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Pathology

- mutations in the STA gene at the Xq28 locus coding for emerin. (8589715)

References

- Morris GE. The role of the nuclear envelope in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Trends Mol Med. 2001 Dec;7(12):572-7. PMID: 11733221

- Morris GE, Manilal S. Heart to heart: from nuclear proteins to Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 1999;8(10):1847-51. PMID: 10469836