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Rippling muscle disease: evidence for phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Mar 2001
So Y T, Zu L, Barraza C, Figueroa K P, Pulst S M
Abstract excerpt
We describe the clinical features of a family with rippling muscle disease. Muscle stiffness and myalgia were the most prominent symptoms. Muscle rippling, although distinctive, was present in only 6 of the 11 affected family members, whereas persistent muscle contraction to muscle percussion was present in all affected adults. Although this persistent contraction resembled percussion myotonia, it was...
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