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Investigations

Authoring team

The salient investigations in limb girdle dystrophy show:

  • moderately elevated creatine phosphokinase
  • non-specific myopathic features on EMG
  • ECG is normal
  • muscle biopsy confirms myopathy with connective tissue proliferation

Reference

  1. Narayanaswami P et al. Evidence-based guideline summary: diagnosis and treatment of limb-girdle and distal dystrophies: report of the guideline development subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the practice issues review panel of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Neurology. 2014 Oct 14;83(16):1453-63.

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