Table 1. Clinical data.
Distribution of weakness | ||||||||||||
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Patient | Gender | FSHD1 diagnostic result (D4Z4 repat units) | CK valuea | Age at onset | Age at data ascertainment | First affected musclesb | Facial muscles | Shoulder girdle | Abdominal muscles | Lower extremity | Asymmetry | Muscle biopsy |
FSHD2-08 | m | >10 | 2.6 | 43 | 44 | Lower legs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | — |
FSHD2-10 | f | >10 | 5.3 | 20 | 22 | Arms | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Signs of myositis |
FSHD2-13 | f | >10 | 1.5 | 55 | 64 | Lower legs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Myositic/myogenic and neurogenic changes |
FSHD2-28 | f | >10 | 2.2 | 24 | 32 | Shoulder girdle | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Myopathic pattern, no inflammation |
FSHD2-38 | f | >10 | 5.4 | 40 | 47 | Shoulder girdle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dystrophic pattern with inflammatory infiltration |
FSHD2-82 | f | >10 | 1.1 | 25 | 74 | Shoulder girdle | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | — |
FSHD2-89 | f | 10 | 1.0 | 11 | 21 | Shoulder girdle | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | — |
FSHD2-92 | m | 10 | 1.9 | 20 | 55 | Lower legs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dystrophic pattern |
FSHD2-120 | f | >10 | 1.0 | 30 | 40 | Arms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Dystrophic pattern |
FSHD2-130 | m | >10 | 2.9 | 30 | 41 | Arms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Myopathic pattern |
FSHD2-131 | m | >10 | 2.3 | 60 | 75 | Arms | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Myopathic pattern, desmin accumulation |
Abbreviations: f, female; FSHD, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; m, male; —, no information available.
CK (creatine kinase) value given as multiples of upper normal.
Subjective estimation of the patient.