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Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

Categories: Muscle diseases
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Aliases & Classifications for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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MalaCards integrated aliases for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy:

Name: Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy 25
Laminin Α2 Chain-Deficiency 25

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Anatomical: Muscle diseases
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Summaries for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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MalaCards based summary : Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy, also known as laminin α2 chain-deficiency, is related to muscular dystrophy and congenital muscular dystrophy type 1a. An important gene associated with Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy is LAMA2 (Laminin Subunit Alpha 2). Affiliated tissues include skeletal muscle.

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Related Diseases for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Diseases related to Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy via text searches within MalaCards or GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

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# Related Disease Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 muscular dystrophy 10.3
2 congenital muscular dystrophy type 1a 10.2
3 gastroesophageal reflux 10.1
4 macroglossia 10.1
5 rigid spine muscular dystrophy 1 10.1
6 muscular dystrophy, congenital merosin-deficient, 1a 10.1
7 muscular dystrophy, congenital, lmna-related 10.1
8 muscle hypertrophy 10.1
9 scoliosis 10.1
10 hypotonia 10.1
11 laminin subunit alpha 2-related muscular dystrophy 10.1

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Symptoms & Phenotypes for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Drugs & Therapeutics for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Anatomical Context for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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MalaCards organs/tissues related to Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy:

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Skeletal Muscle
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Publications for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Articles related to Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy:

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# Title Authors PMID Year
1
Current understanding and treatment of cardiac and skeletal muscle pathology in laminin-α2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. 61 25
31308722 2019
2
Laminin-α2 Chain-Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: Pathophysiology and Development of Treatment. 61 25
26610911 2015
3
Variable disease severity in Saudi Arabian and Sudanese families with c.3924 + 2 T > C mutation of LAMA2. 25 61
22166137 2011
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Clinical and genomic characteristics of LAMA2 related congenital muscular dystrophy in a patients' cohort from Qatar. A population specific founder variant. 25
32444167 2020
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Epilepsy in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy: An electro-clinico-radiological characterization. 25
32266982 2020
6
Congenital muscular dystrophies in China. 25
31066047 2019
7
Exome sequencing detects compound heterozygous nonsense LAMA2 mutations in two siblings with atypical phenotype and nearly normal brain MRI. 25
31040037 2019
8
Muscular MRI-based algorithm to differentiate inherited myopathies presenting with spinal rigidity. 25
29802573 2018
9
Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: Molecular pathogenesis and structural repair strategies. 25
29191403 2018
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LAMA2 gene mutation update: Toward a more comprehensive picture of the laminin-α2 variome and its related phenotypes. 25
30055037 2018
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229th ENMC international workshop: Limb girdle muscular dystrophies - Nomenclature and reformed classification Naarden, the Netherlands, 17-19 March 2017. 25
30055862 2018
12
Identification of Two Novel LAMA2 Mutations in a Chinese Patient with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy. 25
29487616 2018
13
Congenital muscular dystrophies in the UK population: Clinical and molecular spectrum of a large cohort diagnosed over a 12-year period. 25
28688748 2017
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Clinical and neuroimaging findings in two brothers with limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to LAMA2 mutations. 25
27932089 2017
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Diagnosis and etiology of congenital muscular dystrophy: We are halfway there. 25
27159402 2016
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Laminin α2 Deficiency-Related Muscular Dystrophy Mimicking Emery-Dreifuss and Collagen VI related Diseases. 25
27858741 2015
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Prevalence of congenital muscular dystrophy in Italy: a population study. 25
25653289 2015
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Genotype/phenotype analysis in Chinese laminin-α2 deficient congenital muscular dystrophy patients. 25
24611677 2015
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Glycobiology of α-dystroglycan and muscular dystrophy. 25
25381372 2015
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Integrating Activities of Laminins that Drive Basement Membrane Assembly and Function. 25
26610910 2015
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Segmental uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 6 causing transient diabetes mellitus and merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. 25
25124546 2014
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The extracellular matrix protein laminin α2 regulates the maturation and function of the blood-brain barrier. 25
25392494 2014
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Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to LAMA2 mutations: diagnostic difficulties due to associated peripheral neuropathy. 25
24957499 2014
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Atypical phenotype in two patients with LAMA2 mutations. 25
24534542 2014
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Diagnostic approach to the congenital muscular dystrophies. 25
24581957 2014
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Reviewing Large LAMA2 Deletions and Duplications in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Patients. 25
27858771 2014
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Dilated cardiomyopathy with conduction defects in a patient with partial merosin deficiency due to mutations in the laminin-α2-chain gene: a chance association or a novel phenotype? 25
22006699 2011
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Clinical and pathological heterogeneity in late-onset partial merosin deficiency. 25
21922472 2011
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Consensus statement on standard of care for congenital muscular dystrophies. 25
21078917 2010
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Congenital muscular dystrophies with cognitive impairment. A population study. 25
20820001 2010
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Genotype-phenotype correlation in a large population of muscular dystrophy patients with LAMA2 mutations. 25
20207543 2010
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LAMA2 stop-codon mutation: merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy with occipital polymicrogyria, epilepsy and psychomotor regression. 25
18406646 2009
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LAMA2 gene analysis in a cohort of 26 congenital muscular dystrophy patients. 25
18700894 2008
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LAMA2 gene analysis in congenital muscular dystrophy: new mutations, prenatal diagnosis, and founder effect. 25
16216942 2005
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A simplified laminin nomenclature. 25
15979864 2005
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Congenital muscular dystrophy with merosin deficiency: 1H MR spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted MR imaging. 25
15703311 2005
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Functional sites in the laminin alpha chains. 25
16147852 2005
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EMG and nerve conduction studies in children with congenital muscular dystrophy. 25
14755496 2004
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117th ENMC workshop: ventilatory support in congenital neuromuscular disorders -- congenital myopathies, congenital muscular dystrophies, congenital myotonic dystrophy and SMA (II) 4-6 April 2003, Naarden, The Netherlands. 25
14659414 2004
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Dysmyelinating sensory-motor neuropathy in merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. 25
12661054 2003
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Clinical and molecular study in congenital muscular dystrophy with partial laminin alpha 2 (LAMA2) deficiency. 25
12552556 2003
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Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy, autosomal recessive (MDC1A, MIM#156225, LAMA2 gene coding for alpha2 chain of laminin). 25
11938437 2002
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Congenital muscular dystrophy with primary partial laminin alpha2 chain deficiency: molecular study. 25
11591858 2001
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The expanding phenotype of laminin alpha2 chain (merosin) abnormalities: case series and review. 25
11584042 2001
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Massive muscle cell degeneration in the early stage of merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. 25
11369186 2001
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The treatment of scoliosis in muscular dystrophy using modified Luque and Harrington-Luque instrumentation. 25
11245532 2001
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Laminins: an overview. 25
11054871 2000
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Neuromuscular disorders in childhood: a descriptive epidemiological study from western Sweden. 25
10677857 2000
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Cognitive abilities in children with congenital muscular dystrophy: correlation with brain MRI and merosin status. 25
10545041 1999
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Feeding problems in merosin deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. 25
10332004 1999
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Variations for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Expression for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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GO Terms for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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Sources for Lama2 Muscular Dystrophy

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57 OMIM® (Updated 05-Mar-2021)
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