DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A

Congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A [DOID:0110636]

A congenital muscular dystrophy characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of muscle weakness that is apparent at birth or in the first 6 months of life and frequent development of periventricular white matter abnormalities that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the LAMA2 gene on chromosome 6q22.

Synonyms:  congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A,  congenital merosindeficient muscular dystrophy 1A,  DOID:0110636,  CMD1A,  congenital muscular dystrophy due to laminin alpha2 deficiency ...