Mutations in the LMNA gene also cause diseases not related to HGPS, collectively referred to as laminopathies, such as Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), Limb–Girdle muscular dystrophy and LMNA-congenital muscular dystrophy. This evidence concerns the gene LMNA and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.