Mutations in HSPB8 causing a new phenotype of distal myopathy and motor neuropathy.

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Published in Neurology on December 30, 2015

Authors

Roula Ghaoui1, Johanna Palmio1, Janice Brewer1, Monkol Lek1, Merrilee Needham1, Anni Evilä1, Peter Hackman1, Per-Harald Jonson1, Sini Penttilä1, Anna Vihola1, Sanna Huovinen1, Mikaela Lindfors1, Ryan L Davis1, Leigh Waddell1, Simran Kaur1, Con Yiannikas1, Kathryn North1, Nigel Clarke1, Daniel G MacArthur1, Carolyn M Sue2, Bjarne Udd2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research (R.G., L.W., S.K., N.C.), Kids Research Institute, Children's Hospital at Westmead & University of Sydney, Australia; Neuromuscular Research Center, Department of Neurology (J.P., S.P., M.L., B.U.), and Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories (S.H.), Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Finland; Department of Pathology (J.B.), Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (M.L., D.G.M.), Cambridge, MA; Western Australian Neurosciences Research Institute (M.N.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics and Department of Medical Genetics (A.E., P.H., P.H.-J., A.V., B.U.), University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neurogenetics (R.L.D., C.Y., C.M.S.), Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (K.N.), The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (M.L., D.G.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Department of Neurology (B.U.), Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland.
2: From the Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research (R.G., L.W., S.K., N.C.), Kids Research Institute, Children's Hospital at Westmead & University of Sydney, Australia; Neuromuscular Research Center, Department of Neurology (J.P., S.P., M.L., B.U.), and Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories (S.H.), Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Finland; Department of Pathology (J.B.), Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (M.L., D.G.M.), Cambridge, MA; Western Australian Neurosciences Research Institute (M.N.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics and Department of Medical Genetics (A.E., P.H., P.H.-J., A.V., B.U.), University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Neurogenetics (R.L.D., C.Y., C.M.S.), Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (K.N.), The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit (M.L., D.G.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Department of Neurology (B.U.), Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland. Bjarne.udd@netikka.fi Carolyn.sue@sydney.edu.au.

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