Infantile-onset LMNA-associated Muscular Dystrophy Mimicking Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

J Rheumatol. 2015 Jun;42(6):1064-6. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.140554.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lamin Type A / genetics*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Muscle Weakness / diagnosis
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology
  • Muscular Dystrophies / diagnosis
  • Muscular Dystrophies / drug therapy
  • Muscular Dystrophies / genetics*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / pathology*
  • Mutation
  • Myositis / diagnosis
  • Myositis / pathology*
  • Phenotype
  • Steroids / administration & dosage*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • LMNA protein, human
  • Lamin Type A
  • Steroids