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A rare case of congenital myopathy with excess muscle spindles: expanding the clinical spectrum of HRAS-associated neuromuscular disease

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge our patient’s parents, John and Tiffany Brisson, for their enthusiastic support of this case report, and their desire to help other children and families affected by CMEMS. Readers who would like to contact Mr. and Mrs. Brisson may email the corresponding author for more information. “We know how worrisome it is to have a child with CMEMS do not hesitate to reach out for support if need be. [Our son] was a gift and truly will be missed”—John and Tiffany Brisson.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Julia M. Henry, Nizar Chahin, Yael Shiloh-Malawsky & Zheng Fan

  2. Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA

    Duygu Selcen

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Henry, J.M., Chahin, N., Shiloh-Malawsky, Y. et al. A rare case of congenital myopathy with excess muscle spindles: expanding the clinical spectrum of HRAS-associated neuromuscular disease. J Neurol 262, 1587–1589 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7775-7

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