Congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A: What Patients Should Know

By Dr. Bianca Burke, MD · 2026-01-28 · Pediatrics

Our Pediatrics team put together this overview of congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A for patients and families.

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Topic: congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A. A congenital muscular dystrophy characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of muscle weakness that is apparent at birth or in the first 6 months of life and frequent development of periventricular white matter abnormalities that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the LAMA2 gene on chromosome 6q22.

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