Alternative titles and symbols : Muscular dystrophy, congenital, with mitochondrial structural abnormalities;
Description : This form of autosomal recessive congenital muscular dystrophy is characterized by
early-onset muscle wasting and mental retardation. Some patients develop fatal cardiomyopathy.
Muscle biopsy shows peculiar enlarged mitochondria that are prevalent toward the periphery
of the fibers but are sparse in the center (summary by Mitsuhashi et al., 2011).;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the beta choline kinase gene (CHKB, 612395.0001);