Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2, Autosomal Dominant

Alternative Names

  • EDMD2
  • EMD2
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Dominant
  • Scapuloilioperoneal Atrophy with Cardiopathy
  • Muscular Dystrophy with Early Contractures and Cardiomyopathy, Autosomal Dominant
  • Hauptmann-Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, with Quadriceps Myopathy
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle, Type 1B
  • LGMD1B
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Proximal, Type 1B

Associated Genes

Lamin A/C
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Diseases of the nervous system

Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle

OMIM Number

181350

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Gene Map Locus

1q22

Description

EDMD is characterized by myopathic changes in certain skeletal muscles and early contractures at the neck, elbows, and Achilles tendons, as well as cardiac conduction defects.Homozygous mutation in the LMNA gene causes EDMD2. [From OMIM]

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Subject IDCountrySexFamily HistoryParental ConsanguinityHPO TermsVariantZygosityMode of InheritanceReferenceRemarks
181350.1LebanonFemaleNo Muscular dystrophy; Ventricular tachyca...NM_170707.4:c.1357C>THeterozygousAutosomal, DominantRefaat et al. 2019
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