Exemplars include Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Lmna-Related (MDCL; OMIM: 613205), Emery-Dreifuss dystrophy 2 (EDMD2 (formerly LGMD1B); OMIM: 181350), Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Merosin-Deficient, 1a (MCD1A; OMIM: 607855 and LGMDR23; OMIM 618138); and FSHD (OMIM: 158900) (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene LMNA and muscular dystrophy.