Immunohistology of the structural proteins (alpha-actin, dystrophin 1,2 and 3, alpha, beta, delta, and gamma sarcoglycan, alpha and beta dystroglycan, dysferlin, caveolin-3, merosin laminin alpha-2 chain, merosin M-chain, myosin heavy chain and spectrin-1) did not identify the pathogenesis of the myopathy (data not shown). The gene discussed is SGCG; the disease is myopathy.