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ID DOID:0110636
Name congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A
Definition A congenital muscular dystrophy characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of muscle weakness that is apparent at birth or in the first 6 months of life and frequent development of periventricular white matter abnormalities that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the LAMA2 gene on chromosome 6q22.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24611677, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7550355
Xrefs

MESH:C537384

MIM:607855

NCI:C118783

ORDO:258

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:787037000

UMLS_CUI:C1263858

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DO_rare_slim

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Synonyms

CMD1A [EXACT]

congenital muscular dystrophy due to laminin alpha2 deficiency [EXACT]

MDC1A [EXACT]

Merosin-negative congenital muscular dystrophy [EXACT]

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is_a autosomal recessive disease

is_a congenital muscular dystrophy

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