title: [Limb-girdle syndrome. A study of 46 cases].
abstract: We report a series of 46 patients (32 women and 14 men) with limb-girdle syndrome. After reappraisal, another diagnosis was made in 10 of them. Becker's muscular dystrophy was the most frequent cause among men (near 50 p. 100). A Duchenne muscular dystrophy manifesting carrier was discovered among 13 reevaluated women. Among the 36 cases (29 women and 7 men) without any defined etiology, 29 were without any other known familial history. Fifteen of these women had similar clinical findings: incipient weakness in the pelvic girdle and onset of symptoms most often in the forties. In these cases serum creatine kinase activity was normal or slightly elevated, and muscle biopsy showed non-specific patterns. "Late onset muscular dystrophy in females" should be reevaluated.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larrivière
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coquet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ellie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lagueny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin; D003402:Creatine Kinase
vernacular_title: Syndrome des ceintures. Etude de 46 cas.