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What is the most common genetic change in Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome?

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17p duplication

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What is another common genetic change in Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome?

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PMP22

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What is the phenotype of Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome?

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Atrophy of muscles in legs, feet, and hands
High arched feet
Hammer toes

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What percentage of SMN1 are deletions?

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95%

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What percentage of SMN1 mutations are de novo?

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2%

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What percentage of SMA cases is one parent a silent carrier?

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4%

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What is the problem with using copy number analysis of SMN1 for SMA?

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Silent carriers are not detected
Also misses people with point mutations

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What percentage of SMN1 are point mutations?

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5%

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In what NM disorder is onset <5 years, wheelchair <13 years, and lifespan 20-30 years?

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DMD

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What are features of DMD

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Gower sign
Pseudohypertrophy of calf
Elevated CPK
Muscle weakness starts in proximal legs/pelvis
Awkward gait
Possible motor or developmental delay
Eventual respiratory issues

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What is the Gower sign?

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The child assumes the hands-and-knees position and then climbs to a stand by “walking” his hands progressively up his shins, knees, and thighs

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What percentage of DMD is due to deletions?

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80%

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What is the testing strategy with DMD?

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Start with del/dup analysis followed by sequencing

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What cardiac finding occurs in DMD carriers and what percentage are affected?

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DCM 8%

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What is the age of onset of BMD?

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5-60 years

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What differentiates the muscular presentation in BMD versus DMD?

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Preservation of neck flexor muscle strength in BMD

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What genes are affected in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy?

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DUX4 (AD)
SMCHD1 (<5%)

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What muscles are affected in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy?

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Face, shoulder blades, upper arms, abs, lower legs

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What is the onset of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy and how long do patients live?

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Onset <20 years
Normal life span

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What is the mode of inheritance of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type I and II?

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Type I: AD
Type II: AR

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What is the phenotype of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy?

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Affects proximal muscles around hips and shoulders
Waddling gait, trouble standing and with stairs, raising arms, may eventually need mobility assistance
Cardiomyopathy associated with some types
Elevated CK

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What gene causes Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy?

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PABPN1 (AD)

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What are the features of Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy?

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Affects eyelids, throat, facial, and limbs
Difficulty swallowing and keeping eyes open, some mobility issues
Onset 4-5 decade

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What are the features of Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy?

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Early contractures in elbows, neck and heels are common
Wasting of shoulders, upper arms, and calves
Cardiac conduction issues may show as fainting

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When does Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy occur?
Onset by 10 years
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What are the features of Charcot Marie Tooth caused by PMP22 mutations?
Progressive distal neuropathy of the arms and legs Weakness in feet or hands High arched feet Can have sensorineural hearing loss
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What percentage of individuals with CMT have duplications in PMP22?
50%
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What is caused by deletions in PMP22?
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
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What gene is associated with Ataxia Telangiectasia?
ATM (AR)
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What are the features of Ataxia Telangiectasia?
Gait and truncal ataxia, head tilting, slurred speech Oculomotor apraxia-inability to follow an object across a visual field Telangiectasias in eye Immunodeficiency Hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation Carriers have increased risk of breast CA
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What genes are associated with Walker Warburg syndrome?
POMT1/2 (AR)
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What are the features of Walker Warburg syndrome?
Muscular dystrophy Brain and eye anomalies --Lissencephaly, encephalocele Hypotonia DD, ID Seizures
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What is the onset of Walker Warburg syndrome?
Present at birth
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What is the onset of Ataxia Telangiectasia?
1-4 years
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What are some prenatal findings in neuromuscular disorders?
polyhydramnios (caused by decreased fetal swallowing) fetal akinesia (paucity of movement) malpresentation (often in the breech position)
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How do you distinguish between upper and lower motor neuron disorders by checking reflexes?
Abnormally brisk reflexes with clonus suggest involvement of the upper tract. Absent reflexes are consistent with a neuropathic lesion or severe myopathy.
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Tongue fasciculations are typically associated with what NM disorder?
SMA (can also be seen in glycogen storage diseases, hypoxic-ischemicinjury, and infantile neuronal degeneration)
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Is cerebral palsy associated with increased or decreased tone?
Increased
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What disorders result from disruption of components of the muscle extracellular matrix and its interaction with the sarcolemmal membrane?
Congenital muscular dystrophies
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What disorders are caused by abnormalities of the contractile matrix, or structures supporting efficient excitation-contraction coupling, including the T tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum, and other supporting structures?
Congenital myopathies
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What are the most common congenital muscular dystrophies?
Collagen VI–related and merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophies are the most common
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What is the most common congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan?
Fukuyama muscular dystrophy predominates because of a common founder mutation in the FKTN gene
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What is the most common genetic cause of central core myopathy?
RYR1-related central core myopathies
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Which genes account for 16% of genetically confirmed congenital myopathies?
SELENON ACTA1
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What level of CK should prompt testing for a dystrophic disorder?
CK elevations of 5 times or more
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What is the most common form of congenital muscular dystrophy?
LAMA2-related (merosin-deficient) muscular dystrophy 1/3 of cases
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What two disorders account for 25% of congenital muscular dystrophy each?
Collagen VI–related congenital muscular dystrophy α-dystroglycan–related congenital muscular dystrophy
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What are the features of Collagen VI–related congenital muscular dystrophy?
Progressive muscle weakness Distal joint hyperlaxity Proximal joint contractures. Other features: Normal to mildly elevated CK Soft skin on palms and soles Bulbous calcaneus Keloid scars and hyperkeratosis pilaris (dry rough patches of skin with bumps)
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What are types of Collagen VI–related muscular dystrophies?
Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy Bethlem myopathy
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What are the most common dominant mutation in patients with collagen VI–related muscular dystrophies?
1. Missense mutations resulting in substitution of the conserved glycine residue in the triple helical domain or 2. Splicing mutations involving exon skipping in the triple helical domain
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What are the most common recessive mutation in patients with collagen VI–related muscular dystrophies?
Null alleles (nonsense, frameshift, and large deletions) do not allow incorporation of abnormal chains
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How do LAMA2-related CMD cases present?
Prominent hypotonia and weakness in infancy Congenital contractures are common findings in hands and feet
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What is the mode of inheritance for LAMA2-related congenital dystrophy and what are the typical type of mutations?
Nonsense mutations resulting in complete loss of transcript (anywhere throughout gene)
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What is the clinical presentation of individuals with mutations in LMNA?
skeletal myopathies Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy phenotype most typical
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What are some of the differences between congenital myopathies versus CMD?
Weakness is congenital myopathies is less progressive CK is usually normal No CNS involvement
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What is seen on a muscle biopsy in congenital myopathies?
Nemaline rods, cores, and central nuclei
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Nemaline myopathies are most often caused by mutations in which genes?
NEB (50% of cases) ACTA1 (20% of cases) Can have a very severe neonatal course that is typically not progressive.
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What are the most common types of mutations in NEB?
Splicing (34%) Shift in reading frame (32%) Premature termination (23%) Missense rarely pathogenic
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Are RYR1-related congenital myopathies AD or AR?
Both
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What is the phenotype of RYR1-mediated AD myopathies?
Spectrum of severity but usually relatively mild Low tone and weakness in dominant cases. Weakness can be exacerbated by physical activity, and facial and extraocular weakness is less common than in nemaline myopathies
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What is the phenotype of RYR1-mediated AR myopathies?
More severe than AD symptoms can mirror those of severe nemaline myopathies *including severe weakness from the newborn period *fetal akinesia *congenital arthrogryposis *respiratory failure
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What is the phenotype of SELENON-related myopathy?
Independent ambulation despite motor delays Early respiratory compromise is severe and out of proportion to the muscle weakness and precedes loss of ambulation.
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Which types of muscular dystrophy have early respiratory compromise and may require noninvasive ventilation while asleep, even while still ambulatory?
Collagen VI–related muscular dystrophy SELENON-related muscular dystrophy

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