title: A clinically homogeneous group of families with facioscapulohumeral (Landouzy-Déjérine) muscular dystrophy: linkage analysis of six autosomes.
abstract: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHMD) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance and clinical onset in the muscles of the face and shoulder girdle. Using a set of RFLP markers spaced at approximately 20 centimorgans, we have begun a systematic search for markers linked to the disease. A total of 81 RFLP loci on six autosomes (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, and 16) have been examined for linkage to FSHMD in 13 families. With the computer program CRI-MAP, two-point and multipoint analyses have not resulted in any LOD score indicative of linkage to FSHMD. However, these analyses have allowed us to exclude 909 centimorgans (sex average) of our genetic maps in intervals where the LOD score is less than -2.0. We estimate our data have excluded 23% of the human genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California School of Medicine, La Jolla.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Diala
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Dorsey
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rising
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Graveline
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Falls
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rediker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Amico
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length