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X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy due to a mutation in VMA21 gene: the first case in China

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The data used during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Abbreviations

XMEA:

X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy

V-ATPase:

Vacuolar adenosine triphosphatase

CK:

Creatine kinase

LDH:

Lactate dehydrogenase

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The authors thank the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) (81701122). This study was also supported by grants from the Southern China International Cooperation Base for Early Intervention and Functional Rehabilitation of Neurological Diseases (2015B050501003), Guangdong Provincial Engineering Center For Major Neurological Disease Treatment, Guangdong Provincial Translational Medicine Innovation Platform for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Disease, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases.

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  1. Jie Yang and Dingbang Chen are co-first authors on this work.

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  1. Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 2nd Zhongshan Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Yang, Dingbang Chen, Li Feng, Zhicong Yan, Chao Wu, Huajing You & Xunhua Li

  2. Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Bing Liao

  3. Electron Microscope Laboratory, Zhongshan Medical College, Sun Yat-Sen, University, Guangzhou, China

    Jinlang Wu

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Yang, J., Chen, D., Feng, L. et al. X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy due to a mutation in VMA21 gene: the first case in China. Neurol Sci 43, 2137–2139 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05788-w

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