Naoufel Chabbi

Apr 3, 2023 | mdpi.com | Corrado Angelini |Alicia Rodriguez |Naoufel Chabbi |Alicia Aurora

1. IntroductionThe names Severe child autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy (SCARMD) and Tunisian muscular dystrophy (TMD) were used [1] to designate a common myopathy in Tunisia affecting children of both sexes, similar to Duchenne’s myopathy, and the prevalence is high in this country [1,2]. This myopathy was denominated LGMDR5, and the Tunisian type was found to have a homozygous mutation: c.521del mutation [3].