Including this new case, the 102/140 probands with a confirmed genetic diagnosis of LGMD had mutations in the following genes: 2/102 (2 %) LMNA, 6/102 (6 %) CAV3, 29/102 (28 %) CAPN3, 27/102 (25 %) DYSF, 5/102 (5 %) SGCG, 12/102 (12 %) SGCD, 5/102 (5 %) SGCB, 1/102 (1 %) SGCE, 8/102 (8 %) FKRP 5/102 (5 %) ANO5, and 1/102 (1 %) LAMA2. The molecular data of these patients are listed in a separate table [see Additional file 1]. This evidence concerns the gene CAV3 and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.