Prevalence and disease progression of genetically-confirmed facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) in China between 2001 and 2020: a nationwide population-based study

• Main Authors: Zhiqiang Wang (Author), Liangliang Qiu (Author), Minting Lin (Author), Long Chen (Author), Fuze Zheng (Author), Lin Lin (Author), Feng Lin (Author), Zhixian Ye (Author), Xiaodan Lin (Author), Junjie He (Author), Lili Wang (Author), Xin Lin (Author), Qifang He (Author), Wanjin Chen (Author), Yi Lin (Author), Ying Fu (Author), Ning Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) is a rare disease, which is often underdiagnosed due to its heterogeneous presentations and complex molecular genetic basis, leading to a lack of population-based epidemiology data, especially of prevalence and disease progre...