Assessment of disease progression in dysferlinopathy: A 1-year cohort study

Moore U, Jacobs M, James MK, Mayhew AG, Fernandez-Torron R, Feng J, Cnaan A, Eagle M, Bettinson K, Rufibach LE, Lofra RM, Blamire AM, Carlier PG, Mittal P, Lowes LP, Alfano L, Rose K, Duong T, Berry KM, Montiel-Morillo E, Pedrosa-Hernández I, Holsten S, Sanjak M, Ashida A, Sakamoto C, Tateishi T, Yajima H, Canal A, Ollivier G, Decostre V, Mendez JB, Sánchez-Aguilera Praxedes N, Thiele S, Siener C, Shierbecker J, Florence JM, Vandevelde B, DeWolf B, Hutchence M, Gee R, Prügel J, Maron E, Hilsden H, Lochmüller H, Grieben U, Spuler S, Tesi Rocha C, Day JW, Jones KJ, Bharucha-Goebel DX, Salort-Campana E, Harms M, Pestronk A, Krause S, Schreiber-Katz O, Walter MC, Paradas C, Hogrel JY, Stojkovic T, Takeda S, Mori-Yoshimura M, Bravver E, Sparks S, Díaz-Manera J, Bello L, Semplicini C, Pegoraro E, Mendell JR, Bushby K, Straub V; Jain COS Consortium.
Neurology. 2019. 92(5), e461-e474.
The aim of the study was to assess the ability of functional measures to detect disease progression in dysferlinopathy. From 193 patients follow-up during 1 year, it has been showned that in nonambulant patients, the MFM-D3 domain, wrist flexion strength, and pinch grip were most sensitive.

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