Clinical research funding of Chinese society of cardiovascular disease(CSC)of 2019(HFCSC2019B01);National Natural Science Foundation of China(82071874,81971586,81901712,81771887,and 81771897);Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2020YFS0050,2020YJ0029,2017TD0005,21ZDYF1967);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SCU2020D4132)
To the Editor:Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD)is a rare X-linked inherited disorder caused by dystrophin deficiency,which results in sarcolemmal fragility and degeneration of skeletal and cardiac myocytes.[1]Cardiac i...
This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81872520).
To the Editor:Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy(HJMD,OMIM:601553)is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short and sparse hair,progressive macular degeneration,decreased visual acuity,andev...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81671237,81974193).
To the Editor:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2(FSHD2)is an epigenetic myopathy caused by variants in genes encoding chromatin regulators,such as SMCHD1:these variants lead to derepression of the D4Z4-enco...
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81701242);the Joint Fund for Program of Science Innovation of Fujian Province,China(No.2018Y9079);the National Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China(No.2019J05079).
To the Editor:Mutations in the dysferlin(DYSF)gene lead to dysferlinopathy,which is referred to as a group of muscular dystrophies with autosomal recessive inheri-tance.Dysferlinopathy includes Miyoshi myopathy(MM),li...
This work was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671237 and No. U1505222), Joint Fund for Program of Science innovation of Fujian Province, China (No. 2016Y9010), and National Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (No. 2017J01196).
Background: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is characterized by asymmetric muscular deficit of facial, shoulder-girdle muscles, and descending to lower limb muscles, but it exists in several extramusc...
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671117), the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation (No. BK20141439), and A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No. JXC 10231802).
Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are common X-linked recessive neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in dystrophin gene. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction ...
This work was supported by a grant of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81171185).
Background Myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM1) is an autosomal dominant multisystem disease caused by abnormal expansion of cytosine-thymine-guanine(CTG) repeats in the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase gene. The clinical ...
The identification of the first molecular defect leading to Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease ;MD),1 a rare syndrome conferring predisposition to(MSMD),1 a rare syndrome conferring predisposition to...
This work was supported by grants from Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7072020) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30772378).
Background A Chinese family with autosomal dominant central areolar choroidal dystrophy (CACD) was identified. The purpose of this study was to collect the clinical findings from the family and to identify the genet...
It is a common belief that Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy predominantly affectsCaucasians but rarely Asians. However, in one Japanese study, primary corneal guttae (first stageof Fuchs ' dystrophy) were found in four of...