TY - JOUR AU - Marseglia, Lucia AU - D’Angelo, Gabriella AU - Manti, Sara AU - Salpietro, Vincenzo AU - Arrigo, Teresa AU - Cavallari, Vittorio AU - Gitto, Eloisa PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/21 TI - Sudden cardiac arrest in a child with nemaline myopathy JO - Italian Journal of Pediatrics SP - 20 VL - 41 IS - 1 AB - Nemaline myopathy is a rare, non progressive congenital skeletal muscle disorder defined by the presence of inclusions known as nemaline rods in muscle fibers. Several clinical subtypes have been described, according to degree of muscle weakness, severity and age at onset. The course of nemaline myopathy is very slowly progressive, and death is usually due to respiratory failure. Cardiac involvement is rare and generally considered to be the result of ACTA1 mutations. SN - 1824-7288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-015-0124-8 DO - 10.1186/s13052-015-0124-8 ID - Marseglia2015 ER -