The aim of this study is to correlate the phenotype and genotype among a sample of Egyptian patients with Congenital myopathies and Congenital muscular dystrophies.
Congenital Muscular dystrophies (CMDs) and Congenital Myopathies (CMs) constitute the two most important groups of congenital muscle diseases with early onset whether at birth or early infancy. CMDs and CMs as a group encompass great clinical and genetic heterogeneity so that achieving an accurate genetic diagnosis has become increasingly challenging, even in the era of next generation sequencing. However, it has become clear that there is overlap between CMDs and CMs on the clinical, pathological and genetic level.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
25
Comprehensive diagnostic assessment including clinical examination, electromyography (EMG), muscle biopsy for histopathological evaluation, and genetic testing to determine phenotype-genotype correlation in congenital myopathies and muscular dystrophies.
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
RECRUITINGPhenotype and genotype of congenital myopathies (CM) and congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) patients
Correlation of the most common clinical presentations and complications among Egyptian patients with congenital myopathies (CM) and congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) of different genotypes.
Time frame: Two years
Common facial features
Identification and comparison of typical dysmorphic facial features associated with different genetic subtypes of congenital myopathies (CM) and congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD).
Time frame: Two years
Response to physiotherapy
Response to physiotherapy will be recorded.
Time frame: Two years
Prognosis of same genotype across different age groups
The prognosis of the same genotype across different age groups will be recorded.
Time frame: Two years
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