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Teenage exercise is associated with earlier symptom onset in dysferlinopathy: a retrospective cohort study.

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2018-11

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Moore, Ursula R
Jacobs, Marni
Fernandez-Torron, Roberto
Jang, Jiji
James, Meredith K
Mayhew, Anna
Rufibach, Laura
Mittal, Plavi
Eagle, Michelle
Cnaan, Avital

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BMJ Group
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Dysferlinopathy, an autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy caused by DYSF mutations, demonstrates a variable phenotype and progression rate, with symptom onset ranging from first to eighth decade and some patients requiring wheelchairs for mobility within 10 years, with others remaining minimally affected.1

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Adolescent Behavior
Adult
Age Factors
Exercise
Female
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult

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Distrofias musculares
Enfermedades hereditarias autosómicas recesivas
Genes DYSF
Debilidad muscular
Trastornos neuromusculares
Inicio de los síntomas
Progresión de la enfermedad
Limitación de la movilidad

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muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular, Dysferlinopathy, Adolescent Behavior, Age of Onset, Middle Aged, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle

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Moore UR, Jacobs M, Fernandez-Torron R, Jang J, James MK, et al. Teenage exercise is associated with earlier symptom onset in dysferlinopathy: a retrospective cohort study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Nov;89(11):1224-1226.