Total submissions: 1
Submitter | RCV | SCV | Clinical significance | Condition | Last evaluated | Review status | Method | Comment |
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Foundation for Research in Genetics and Endocrinology, |
RCV000494731 | SCV000581392 | pathogenic | Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B | 2017-05-29 | no assertion criteria provided | clinical testing | The observed variant is not reported in 1000 Genomes and ExAc databases. However, it is reported by Suzuki et al. in 2004. The dbSNP number of the observed variant is rs267599441. This variant is found to be pathogenic by Mutation Taster2, SIFT, Polyphen2 and LRT. The patient, born of a consanguineous marriage, was normal upto 17 years of age. Later he presented with clinical indications of progressive proximal muscle weakness of lower limbs, toe walking, difficulty in fast walking or running, inability to stand, loss of balance, elevated levels of creatine phosphokinase 686 u/L, myopathy and his muscle biopsy was suggestive of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. In present state the patient is wheel-chair bound. His elder brother is similarly affected. |