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A new LMNA mutation causing limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1B

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Spuler, S., Geier, C., Osterziel, K.J. et al. A new LMNA mutation causing limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1B. J Neurol 252, 621–623 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0719-x

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