FUKUYAMA CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

'Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD)' is a form of muscular dystrophy (weakness and breakdown of muscular tissue) mainly described in Japan. Fifteen cases were first described in 1960 by Fukuyama.^[1]
In 1995, the disorder was linked to mutations in a gene coding for the protein fukutin (the ''FCMD'' gene).^[2]

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1. Fukuyama, Y.; Kawazura, M.; Haruna, H. A peculiar form of congenital progressive muscular dystrophy: report of fifteen cases. Paediat. Univ. Tokyo 4: 5-8, 1960.
2. Genetic identity of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy and Walker-Warburg syndrome, Toda T, Yoshioka M, Nakahori Y, Kanazawa I, Nakamura Y, Nakagome Y, , , Ann. Neurol., 1995