Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
1978
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
299
Issue
16
First Page
841
Last Page
846
DOI of Original Publication
10.1056/NEJM197810192991601
Date of Submission
January 2015
Abstract
Abstract
We studied lymphocyte capping in 61 patients with Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral and congenital muscular dystrophies. All showed a markedly diminished percentage of capped cells when compared with 86 normal controls, providing support for previous evidence that an alteration in membrane fluidity may be a common pathogenic feature in several genetically distinct forms of proximal muscular dystrophy.
Heterozygous carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy showed diminished capping that was indistinguishable from that of afflicted males and was often present even when serum enzyme levels were normal. Studies in 25 families with 16 suspected sporadic cases indicated that no more than four out of 30 afflicted males may represent new mutations.
These findings imply that most cases of Duchenne dystrophy might be prevented by a population screening program for carrier females combined with prenatal detection of afflicted males. (N Engl J Med 299:841–846, 1978)
Rights
From The New England Journal of Medicine, Pickard, N.A., Gruemer, H.D., Verrill, H.L., et al., Systemic Membrane Defect in the Proximal Muscular Dystrophies, Vol. 299, Page 841, Copyright © 1978 Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.
Is Part Of
VCU Human and Molecular Genetics Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197810192991601