X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on x-linked myotubular myopathy (xlmtm): Genetics This is caused by mutations in the myotubularin (MTM1) gene on chromosome Xq The mutations impair myotubularin protein: this is a phosphoinositide phosphatase The transmission is X-linked Prenatal features…

Genetics

  • This is caused by mutations in the myotubularin (MTM1) gene on chromosome Xq
  • The mutations impair myotubularin protein: this is a phosphoinositide phosphatase
  • The transmission is X-linked

Prenatal features

Orthopaedic features

Neurological features

Dysmorphic features

Respiratory features

Gastrointestinal features

Systemic features

Absent features

Female XLMTM carriers: phenotypes

Clinical course

Female XLMTM carriers: clinical features

Muscle biopsy: features

Investigational treatment

References

  1. Cassandrini D, Trovato R, Rubegni A, et al; Italian Network on Congenital Myopathies. Congenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools. Ital J Pediatr 2017; 43:101. 
  2. Beggs AH, Byrne BJ, De Chastonay S, et al. A multicenter, retrospective medical record review of X-linked myotubular myopathy: the recensus study. Muscle Nerve 2018; 57:550-560.
  3. Franken DK, Bouman K, Reumers SFI, et al. Neuromuscular features in XL-MTM carriers: a cross-sectional study in an unselected cohort. Neurology 2022; 99:e2223-e2233. 
  4. Abath Neto O, Silva MR, Martins Cde A, et al. A study of a cohort of X-linked myotubular myopathy at the clinical, histologic, and genetic levels. Pediatr Neurol 2016; 58:107-12.
  5. Amburgey K, Tsuchiya E, de Chastonay S, et al. A natural history study of X-linked myotubular myopathy. Neurology 2017; 89:1355-1364.
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