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Collagen VI-Related Dystrophieshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1503/basicongoing
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Progressive proximal weakness with contractures and respiratory failure: an unusual presentation of Bethlem myopathy
10.1136/pn-2026-005105clinical2026Colombo6.9379.86Sri Lanka
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Neonatal Hypotonia with an Incomplete Genotype–Phenotype Correlation: A Diagnostic Challenge Suggestive of Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
10.4103/jpn.jpn_13_26clinical2026Lucknow26.8580.95India
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Hair Follicle Microenvironment Changes in Collagen VI-Myopathy Patients with Alopecia10.3390/cells15151351clinical2026Bologna44.4911.34Italy
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Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of COL6-related diseases: Motor neuropathy-like and neuromyopathy associated with COL6A3 c.7447A>G
10.1177/22143602261453996clinical2026Paris 48.85 2.35 France
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Hypophosphatasia and collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy presenting with gait disturbance and recurrent fractures.
10.1210/jcemcr/luag170clinical2026Suwon37.27 127.05 South Korea
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Collagen VI is a fibrosis-associated signal disrupting muscle regeneration across distinct human myopathies10.1038/s44319-026-00834-0basic2026Paris 48.85 2.35 France
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Ageing impacts extracellular matrix turnover and remodelling in the kidney10.1016/j.mbplus.2026.100197basic2026
contains half-life of COL6 in the mouse kidney
South Korea
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AXOLOTL: an accurate method for detecting aberrant gene expression in rare diseases using coexpression constraints
10.1101/2024.01.07.574502basic2026
also includes COL6 patients; preprint
Beijing 39.9 116.4 China
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Collagen VI–Related Myopathies: An Educational Overview of Molecular Pathogenesis, Variability of Clinical Presentations Spectrum, Diagnostic Approaches and Management Strategies
10.38124/ijisrt/26apr353review2026Stockton1.1954.34UK
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A zebrafish model of Bethlem myopathy reveals CaV1.1 as the missing link between collagen type VI deficiency and muscle dysfunction.
10.1101/2025.06.02.657388basic2026preprintLyon45.764.83France
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Autosomal recessive Bethlem myopathy: a 30-year journey10.1007/s00415-025-13214-wclinical2025Milan45.469.18Italy
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Antxr2-mediated fine-tuning of Collagen VI ensures skeletal muscle function10.1101/2025.09.11.675515basic2025preprintPadova45.411.88Italy
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Psychological aspects in neuromuscular patients: case series10.36185/2532-1900-1168clinical2025
including one BM case
Naples40.8514.27Italy
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Landscape Analysis of COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3 Pathogenic Variants in a Large Italian Cohort Presenting with Collagen VI-Related Myopathies: A Nationwide Report
10.3390/biom15101426clinical2025Ferrara44.8311.62Italy
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The Absence of Collagen VI Reduces Systolic Function but Paradoxically Increases Ca2+ Release in the Rat Heart10.1111/apha.70144basic2025Auckland-36.85174.76New Zealand
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Tendon Dysfunction in Collagen VI-Related Myopathies: Novel Mechanistic Insights with Therapeutic Potential10.3390/ijms262412014basic2025Bologna44.4911.34Italy
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Diagnostic Precision in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders: A Case Study of Bethlem Myopathy Mimicking Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
10.7759/cureus.97510clinical2025Najran17.5644.23Saudi Arabia
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Generation and Characterization of Col6a1 knock-in mice: A Promising Pre-Clinical Model for Collagen VI-Related Dystrophies
10.1101/2025.03.11.642560 basic2025preprintBarcelona41.392.17Spain
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Clinical and Genetic Landscape of Children With Congenital Muscular Dystrophies From North India10.1177/08830738251374530clinical2025Chandigarh30.7376.78India
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Defective collagen VI-NG2 axis impairs pericyte balance between proliferation and quiescence in COLVI-related myopathies
10.1016/j.bbadis.2025.168012basic2025Bologna44.4911.35Italy
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The absence of collagen VI reduces systolic function but paradoxically increases Ca2+ release in the rat heart10.1101/2025.03.21.644665 basic2025preprintAuckland-36.50174.45New Zealand
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Collagen VI microfibril structure reveals mechanism for molecular assembly and clustering of inherited pathogenic mutations
10.1038/s41467-025-62923-3basic2025Manchester53.292.14UK
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Novel variant of COL12A1 gene causing neonatal hypotonia and respiratory failure 10.1007/s10072-025-08028-7clinical2025Hefei31.82117.23China
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A Challenge in Perioperative Anesthetic Management: A Case Report of an Infant With Concurrent Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy and Pierre Robin Sequence
10.7759/cureus.82170clinical2025Detroit42.33-83.05USA
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Myopathies: Radiologist’s Essential Tips for Clinical, Pathologic, and Imaging Findings 10.1148/rg.240190clinical2025
includes Bethlem
Nara34.69135.80Japan
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Multimodal Evaluation of Bethlem Myopathy with the c.788G > A Variant in the COL6A1 Gene: a case report with genetic, ultrasonographic, and structural-functional discordance correlations
10.36185/2532-1900-1028clinical2025Bogota4.42-74.4Colombia
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The artificial intelligence challenge in rare disease diagnosis: A case study on collagen VI muscular dystrophy10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110610basic2025Barcelona41.232.11Spain
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Myopathic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mEDS) Related to COL12A1: Two Novel Families and Literature Review10.3390/ijms26115387clinical2025
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Substitutions of nucleotides at the 3' ends of COL6A1/2/3 exons induce exon skipping associated with collagen VI-related muscular dystrophies and therapeutic strategies
10.1016/j.gim.2025.101431therapy2025TokyoJapan
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Inter- and intra-familial phenotypic variability of autosomal dominant collagen VI related disorder10.1007/s10072-025-08124-8.clinical2025Shanghai31.22121.47China
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Characterization of severe COL6-related dystrophy due to the recurrent variant COL6A1 c.930+189C>T 10.1093/brain/awaf116 basic2025Bethesda38.9-77USA
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Generation of an iPSC line (with isogenic control) from the PBMCs of a COL6A1 (c.1056 + 2T > A) Bethlem myopathy patient
10.1016/j.scr.2025.103673basic2025Melbourne-37.48144.57Australia
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Whole exome sequencing in 33 patients revealed 4 novel variants in 11 limbs-girdle muscular dystrophy families10.1016/j.genrep.2025.102218basic2025
has also a few patients with COL6A1
Mardan34.20672.0298Pakistan
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Nanomechanics of cell-derived matrices as a functional read-out in Collagen VI-related Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
10.1101/2024.09.13.612824 basic2025preprintBarcelona41.232.11Spain
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Clinical characterization of Collagen XII-related disease caused by biallelic COL12A1 variants10.1002/acn3.52225basic2025COLXII
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Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line (CRICKi021-A) from a patient with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy carrying a pathogenic mutation in the COL6A1 gene
10.1016/j.scr.2024.103648basic2025
stem cell line on the mutation COL6A1 c.930 + 189C > T in intron 11
London51.5-0.11UK
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Collablots: Quantification of collagen VI levels and its structural disorganisation in cell cultures from patients with collagen VI-related dystrophies
10.1111/nan.70020 basic2025Barakaldo43.17-2.59Spain
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Novel variant of COL12A1 gene causing neonatal hypotonia and respiratory failure 10.1007/s10072-025-08028-7 clinical2025COL12
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Collagen type VI regulates TGFβ bioavailability in skeletal muscle in mice10.1172/JCI173354basic2025Bethesda38.9-77USA
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Development, validation, and preliminary phenotypic characterization of a Col6a3 knockout mouse model targeting exon 3
10.1002/ame2.70063 basic2025Quebec46.81-72.21Canada
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Splicing Switching of Alternative Last Exons Due to a Deletion Including Canonical Polyadenylation Site in COL6A2 Gene Causes Recessive UCMD
10.1212/nxg.0000000000200137clinical2024Cairo30.0431.24Egypt
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In a cohort of 961 clinically suspected Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, 105 were diagnosed to have other muscular dystrophies (OMDs), with LGMD2E (variant SGCB c.544A>C) being the most common
10.1002/mgg3.2123 clinical2024Coimbatore11.0276.96India
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Severe progressive respiratory involvement requiring ventilator support in autosomal recessive Bethlem myopathy. A case report
10.36185/2532-1900-654clinical2024Naples40.814.3Italy
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Type VI Collagen Deficiency Causes Enhanced Periodontal Tissue Destruction10.1177/00220345241256306basic2024Bethesda38.9-77USA
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Mutations in COL6A Gene Family Responsible for Muscular Dystrophies in Three Unrelated Families10.61186/ibj.4018basic2024
About three families with six patients in Iran
Tehran35.4251.24Iran
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First year results and insights from the Mexican Rare Disease Patient Registry10.1016/j.rare.2024.100046basic2024
3 COL6 patients reported in Mexico
Santiago de Querétaro20.5-99.51Mexico
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Collagen VI: Role in synaptic transmission and seizure-related excitability10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.114911 basic2024Lund55.4213.11Sweden
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Characterization of Proteome Changes in Aged and Collagen VI-Deficient Human Pericyte Cultures 10.3390/ijms25137118basic2024Milano45.469.18Italy
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Identification of key genes affecting ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction in diabetic mice10.3389/fgene.2024.1387688basic2024Wuhan30.35114.18China
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COL12A1 Gene Variant and a Review of the Literature: A Case Report of Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy.10.1159/000536344basic2024case report
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A humanized knock-in Col6a1 mouse recapitulates a deep-intronic splice-activating variant 10.1101/2024.03.21.581572basic2024preprintBethesda38.9-77USA
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The recurrent deep intronic pseudoexon-inducing variant COL6A1 c.930+189C>T results in a consistently severe phenotype of COL6-related dystrophy: Towards clinical trial readiness for splice-modulating therapy
10.1101/2024.03.29.24304673basic2024preprintBethesda38.9-77USA
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Splicing Switching of Alternative Last Exons Due to a Deletion Including Canonical Polyadenylation Site in COL6A2 Gene Causes Recessive UCMD
10.1212/NXG.0000000000200137basic2024new mutationKyoto35.1135.46Japan
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Collagen VI Deficiency Impairs Tendon Fibroblasts Mechanoresponse in Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy 10.3390/cells13050378basic2024Padova45.411.8Italy
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Native collagen VI delays muscle stem cell early differentiation10.1242/jcs.261419basic2024Bologna45.4911.32Italy
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The coordinated activities of collagen VI and XII in maintenance of tissue structure, function and repair: evidence for a physical interaction
10.3389/fmolb.2024.1376091basic2024Bryan30.4-96.22USA
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Chapter 6 - Type VI collagen10.1016/B978-0-443-15617-5.00004-4basic2024
book chapter from Biochemistry of Collagens, Laminins and Elastin
Herlev55.7212.43Denmark
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Segregation of the COL6A2 Variant (c.1817-3C>G) in a Consanguineous Saudi Family with Bethlem Myopathy 10.3390/genes15111405 clinical2024case reportBuraidah26.243.97Saudi Arabia
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A Novel Splice Site Variant in COL6A1 Causes Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy in a Consanguineous Malian Family
10.1002/mgg3.70032clinical2024case reportBamako12.398Mali
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Clinical, Pathologic, and Genetic Spectrum of Collagen VI–Related Disorder in China—A Retrospective Observational Multicenter Study
10.1155/2024/3503253clinical2024Shanghai31.22121.47China
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Clinical and Molecular Profiles of a Cohort of Egyptian Patients with Collagen VI-Related Dystrophy10.1007/s12031-024-02266-8clinical2024Cairo3031.23Egypt
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Bethlem myopathy: A novel homozygous variant of c.385C>T (p.Arg129Cys) in the COL6A2 gene10.1002/ccr3.9306clinical2024Tehran
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Phenotype-genotype spectrum of a cohort of congenital muscular dystrophies: a single-centre experience from India
10.1007/s10048-024-00776-6clinical2024Bengaluru
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Identification and validation of COL6A1 as a novel target for tumor electric field therapy in glioblastoma10.1111/cns.14802 clinical2024Beijing
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Identification of novel variations in three cases with rare inherited neuromuscular disorder10.3892/etm.2024.12558clinical2024
case report, new mutation
Shijiazhuang
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A Mild But Typical Presentation of Bethlem Myopathy With a Novel In-Frame Deletion in COL6A1 - Almost Overlooked
10.1212/WNL.0000000000209476clinical2024
case report, new mutation
Berlin
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Anaesthesia management of a patient with Bethlem Myopathy for elective tonsillectomy: a case report10.1186/s12871-024-02539-0clinical2024Drogheda
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Restored Collagen VI Microfilaments Network in the Extracellular Matrix of CRISPR-Edited Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Fibroblasts
10.3390/biom14111412 therapy2024Modena
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Identifying Hub Genes and Metabolic Pathways in Collagen VI-Related Dystrophies: A Roadmap to Therapeutic Intervention
10.3390/biom14111376therapy2024Stockholm
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Distinct muscle regenerative capacity of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy model mice
10.1186/s13287-024-03951-6therapy2024Kyoto
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Allele-specific CRISPR/Cas9 editing inactivates a single nucleotide variant associated with collagen VI muscular dystrophy
10.1101/2024.03.22.586265. therapy2024Bethesda
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Salbutamol repurposing ameliorates neuromuscular junction defects and muscle atrophy in Col6a1−/− mouse model of collagen VI‐related myopathies
10.1002/ctm2.1688therapy2024Padova
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Strategies to improve the design of gapmer antisense oligonucleotide on allele-specific silencing10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102237therapy2024London
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Phase 1 Open-Label Study of Omigapil in Patients With LAMA2- or COL6-Related Dystrophy10.1212/NXG.0000000000200148therapy2024Bethesda
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Optimized allele-specific silencing of the dominant-negative COL6A1 G293R substitution causing collagen VI-related dystrophy
10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102178therapy2024Bethesda
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Apelin stimulation of the vascular skeletal muscle stem cell niche enhances endogenous repair in dystrophic mice10.1126/scitranslmed.abn8529therapy2024Sherbrooke
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Exome sequencing identifies genes associated with sleep-related traits (COL6 in the brain)10.1038/s41562-023-01785-52024Shanghai
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The UCMD-Causing COL6A1 (c.930 + 189C > T) Intron Mutation Leads to the Secretion and Aggregation of Single Mutated Collagen VI α1 Chains
10.1155/2023/6892763basic2023Bethesda38.9-77USA
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Pregnancy in a woman with extreme short stature and low body weight secondary to a collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy
10.1177/1753495X231219298clinical2023
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Integration of transcriptomes of senescent cell models with multi-tissue patient samples reveals reduced COL6A3 as an inducer of senescence
10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113371basic2023
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Collagen VI promotes recovery from colitis by inducing lymphangiogenesis and drainage of inflammatory cells10.1002/path.6092basic2023
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Unexpected partial RNA deletion by two different novel COL6A2 mutations leads to Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy.
10.1093/qjmed/hcad209basic2023
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Proteomic and functional characterisation of extracellular vesicles from collagen VI deficient human fibroblasts reveals a role in cell motility
10.1038/s41598-023-41632-1basic2023
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Transcriptome profiling of skeletal muscles from Korean patients with Bethlem myopathy.10.1097/MD.0000000000033122basic2023
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Collagen XII mediated cellular and extracellular mechanisms in development, regeneration, and disease.10.3389/fcell.2023.1129000basic2023
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Collagen XII-Related Myopathy: An Emerging Spectrum of Extracellular Matrix-Related Myopathy10.4103/0028-3886.391402clinical2023about COL12
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Collagen VI-related myopathies: clinical variability, phenotype-genotype correlation and exploratory transcriptome study
10.1016/j.nmd.2023.03.003clinical2023
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Retrospective clinical and genetic analysis of COL6-RD patients with a long-term follow-up at a single French center10.3389/fgene.2023.1242277clinical2023
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New Clinical and Immunofluoresence Data of Collagen VI-Related Myopathy: A Single Center Cohort of 69 Patients 10.3390/ijms241512474clinical2023
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Whole exome sequencing identifies a novel variant in the COL12A1 gene in a family with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy 2
10.1007/s11033-023-08644-6 clinical2023
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Homozygous splice variant (c.1741-6G>A) of the COL6A1 gene in three patients with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy
10.1016/j.nmd.2023.05.007clinical2023
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Alopecia in Patients with Collagen VI-Related Myopathies: A Novel/Unrecognized Scalp Phenotype10.3390/ijms24076678clinical2023
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Extracellular Matrix Disorganization and Sarcolemmal Alterations in COL6-Related Myopathy Patients with New Variants of COL6 Genes
10.3390/ijms24065551clinical2023
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Collagen VI in the Musculoskeletal System10.3390/ijms24065095clinical2023
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Bethlem Myopathy (Collagen VI-Related Dystrophies): A Retrospective Cohort Study on Musculoskeletal Pathologies and Clinical Course
10.1097/BPO.0000000000002283clinical2023
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A Diagnostic Challenge in an Adolescent with Collagen VI-Related Myopathy and Emotional Disorder—Case Report10.3390/jpm13111577diagnostic2023
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Data augmentation study for rare diseases assessment with Deep Learning: Confocal Imaging analysis of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
https://repositorio.upct.es/bitstream/handle/10317/13673/das.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ML2023
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Surgical Outcome on Bethlem Myopathy-A Case Report10.1016/j.neurom.2023.04.367therapy2023