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Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
	Classification and external resources
OMIM	253800
DiseasesDB	31555

Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is a form of muscular dystrophy (weakness and breakdown of muscular tissue) mainly described in Japan. Fifteen cases were first described in 1960 by Fukuyama.^[1]

In 1995, the disorder was linked to mutations in a gene coding for the protein fukutin (the FCMD gene).^[2]

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^ Fukuyama Y, Kawazura M, Haruna, H (1960). "A peculiar form of congenital progressive muscular dystrophy". Paediat. Univ. Tokyo 4: 5–8.
^ Toda T, Yoshioka M, Nakahori Y, Kanazawa I, Nakamura Y, Nakagome Y (1995). "Genetic identity of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy and Walker-Warburg syndrome". Ann. Neurol. 37 (1): 99–101. doi:10.1002/ana.410370118. PMID 7818265.

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[0] Fukuyama Y, Kawazura M, Haruna, H (1960). "A peculiar form of congenital progressive muscular dystrophy". Paediat. Univ. Tokyo 4: 5–8.

[pmid7818265-1] Toda T, Yoshioka M, Nakahori Y, Kanazawa I, Nakamura Y, Nakagome Y (1995). "Genetic identity of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy and Walker-Warburg syndrome". Ann. Neurol. 37 (1): 99–101. doi:10.1002/ana.410370118. PMID 7818265.

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