LAMA2 and muscular dystrophy: Mutations in LAMA2 result in the most common types of congenital muscular dystrophies, that is, LAMA2 MD or MDC1A (Congenital type 1A), which are characterized by disruption of laminin-211 and account for 10–30% of reported cases (Sframeli et al., 2017; Mohassel et al., 2018).