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May 2002
Hirschsprung megacolon
Hirschsprung congenital megacolon may be caused by trigenic inheritance

April 2002
Myotonic Dystrophy
Myotonia is caused by altered splicing of chloride channel RNA

January 2002
Lamin A/C: One gene, Five clinical syndromes
    Emery-Dreifuss Dystrophy, Type 2; Lipodystrophy; LGMD 1B;
    CMT, Recessive, Axonal; Dilated cardiomyopathy

November 2001
Hereditary ALS-like disorders
  Upper Motor Neuron disorders & GTPase related gene mutations
    ALS2, PLS and SPG3A
  Dominant ALS linked to chromosome 18q

October 2001
Treatable ALS-variant syndromes
  Motor Neuropathy with IgM binding to GalNAc-GD1a ganglioside
  HIV-associated Motor syndromes

August 2001
Repeat expansions in transcribed but untranslated DNA 
  Myotonic dystrophy 2/PROMM: CCTG repeat expansion in ZNF9 gene

CMT with intermediate NCV: Multiple genetic loci

July 2001
New genes for PEO syndromes: POLG (15q), Twinkle (10q) & tRNAAla (Mitochondrial)

Same gene: Different clinical phenotypes
  Caveolin-3: LGMD 1C; Hyper-CKemia; Rippling muscles
  Collagen VI A2: Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy; Bethlem myopathy
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