Search Results - "Dastur, Rashna"
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Genetic landscape and novel disease mechanisms from a large LGMD cohort of 4656 patients
Published in Annals of clinical and translational neurology (01-12-2018)“…Objective Limb‐girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs), one of the most heterogeneous neuromuscular disorders (NMDs), involves predominantly proximal‐muscle…”
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Clinical and Genomic Evaluation of 207 Genetic Myopathies in the Indian Subcontinent
Published in Frontiers in neurology (05-11-2020)“…Objective: Inherited myopathies comprise more than 200 different individually rare disease-subtypes, but when combined together they have a high prevalence of…”
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Early and consistent pattern of proximal weakness in GNE myopathy
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-02-2021)“…Background GNE myopathy is widely regarded as a distal myopathy. Involvement of proximal musculature in this condition has not been systematically studied…”
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Congenital myasthenic syndromes: A study of 15 cases
Published in Neurology and clinical neuroscience (01-05-2023)“…Background Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are rare inherited heterogeneous disorders of neuromuscular transmission. Aims and methodology This study aims…”
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in the Agarwals: Utility of founder mutations in CAPN3 gene
Published in Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology (01-01-2016)“…Diagnostic evaluation of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A) involves specialized studies on muscle biopsy and mutation analysis. Mutation…”
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Detection of Dysferlin Gene Pathogenic Variants in the Indian Population in Patients Predicted to have a Dysferlinopathy Using a Blood-based Monocyte Assay and Clinical Algorithm: A Model for Accurate and Cost-effective Diagnosis
Published in Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology (01-07-2017)“…Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is the most common adult-onset class of muscular dystrophies in India, but a majority of suspected LGMDs in India remain…”
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Identification of deletions and duplications in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene and female carrier status in western India using combined methods of multiplex polymerase chain reaction and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification
Published in Neurology India (01-11-2011)“…The technique of multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) assay is an advanced technique to identify deletions and duplications of all the 79…”
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Becker muscular dystrophy in Indian patients: Analysis of dystrophin gene deletion patterns
Published in Neurology India (01-07-2008)“…Background: Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene with variable phenotypes. Becker muscular dystrophy patients have low…”
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Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies: An Indian update on genetics and rehabilitation
Published in Neurology India (01-07-2008)“…The application of molecular diagnostic techniques has greatly improved the diagnosis, carrier detection, prenatal testing and genetic counseling for families…”
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Correlation between deletion patterns of SMN and NAIP genes and the clinical features of spinal muscular atrophy in Indian patients
Published in Neurology India (01-07-2006)“…Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder involving degeneration of anterior horn cells of spinal cord…”
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Ancestral founder mutations in calpain-3 in the Indian Agarwal community: Historical, clinical, and molecular perspective
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-06-2013)“…ABSTRACT Introduction Clinical heterogeneity of limb‐girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs, 24 known subtypes), which includes overlapping phenotypes and varying…”
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