Congenital myopathies: Clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools

Denise Cassandrini, Rosanna Trovato, Anna Rubegni, Sara Lenzi, Chiara Fiorillo, Claudio Fiorillo, Jacopo Baldacci, Carlo Minetti, Guja Astrea, Claudio Bruno, Filippo M. Santorelli, Angela Berardinelli, Enrico Silvio Bertini, Giacomo Comi, Adele D'Amico, Maria Alice Donati, Maria Teresa Dotti, Fabiana Fattori, Francesco Fattori, Marina GrandisLorenzo Maggi, Francesca Magri, Maria A. Maioli, Alessandro Malandrini, Francesco Mari, Roberto Massa, Raffael Massa, Eugenio Maria Mercuri, Luciano Merlini, Maurizio Moggio, Marina Mora, Lucia O. Morandi, Olimpia Musumeci, Vincenzo Nigro, Marika Pane, Elena Pegoraro, Elena M. Pennisi, Lorenzo Peverelli, Giulia Ricci, Giuseppe Ricci, Carmelo Rodolico, Lucia Ruggiero, Michele Sacchini, Lucio Santoro, Marco Savarese, Mariarosaria Savarese, Gabriele Siciliano, Giovanni Siciliano, Alessandro Simonati, Paola Tonin, Paolo Tonin, Antonio Toscano

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Abstract

Congenital myopathies are a group of genetic muscle disorders characterized clinically by hypotonia and weakness, usually from birth, and a static or slowly progressive clinical course. Historically, congenital myopathies have been classified on the basis of major morphological features seen on muscle biopsy. However, different genes have now been identified as associated with the various phenotypic and histological expressions of these disorders, and in recent years, because of their unexpectedly wide genetic and clinical heterogeneity, next-generation sequencing has increasingly been used for their diagnosis. We reviewed clinical and genetic forms of congenital myopathy and defined possible strategies to improve cost-effectiveness in histological and imaging diagnosis.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1-16
Numero di pagine16
RivistaTHE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume43
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2017

Keywords

  • Congenital myopathy
  • Next generation sequencing
  • Muscle MRI
  • Muscle biopsy

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