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. 2014 May;33(1):1–12.

Table 1.

Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy.

Gene Clinical phenotype
Disease Locus Name Exons Protein
(protein function)
Typical onset Progression Cardiomiopathy sCK Allelic disorders (OMIM, #)
LGMD1A 5q31.2 TTID 10 myotilin
(structural; Z disc)
Adulthood Slow Not observed 3-4X Myopathy, myofibrillar, 3 (609200)
Myopathy, spheroid body (182920)
LGMD1B 1q22 LMNA 12 lamin A/C
(structural; fibrous nuclear lamina )
Variable
(4-38y)
Slow Frequent 1-6X Cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1A(115200)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 2B1(605588)
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 2, AD(181350)
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 3, AR(181350)
Heart-hand syndrome, Slovenian type(610140)
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria(176670)
Lipodystrophy, familial partial, 2(151660)
Malouf syndrome(212112)
Mandibuloacral dysplasia(248370)
Muscular dystrophy, congenital(613205)
Restrictive dermopathy, lethal(275210)
LGMD1C 3p25.3 CAV3 2 caveolin 3
(scaffolding protein within caveolar membranes)
Childhood Slow/ moderate Frequent 10X Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic(192600)
Creatine phosphokinase, elevated serum(123320)
Long QT syndrome 9(611818)
Myopathy, distal, Tateyama type(614321)
Rippling muscle disease(606072)
LGMD1D 7q36 DNAJB6 10 DnaJ/Hsp40 homolog, subfamily B, member 6
(chaperone)
Variable
(25-50y)
Slow Not observed 1-10X -
LGMD1E 2q35 DES 9 desmin
(structural; intermediate filament)
Adulthood Slow Frequent 5-10X Muscular dystrophy, limbgirdle, type 2R(615325)
Cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1I(604765)
Myopathy, myofibrillar, 1(601419)
Scapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic, Kaeser type(181400)
LGMD1F 7q32 TNPO3 23 transportin 3
(nuclear importin)
Variable
(1-58y)
Slow/ moderate Not observed 1-3X -
LGMD1G 4q21 HNRPDL 9 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein D-like protein
(ribonucleoprotein, RNA-processing pathways)
Variable
(13-53y)
Slow Not observed 1-9X -
LGMD1H 3p23-p25 - - - Variable
(10-50y)
Slow Not observed 1-10X -