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Reducing body myopathy with cytoplasmic bodies and rigid spine syndrome: a mixed congenital myopathy.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Aug 2001
Goebel H H, Halbig L E, Goldfarb L, Schober R, Albani M, Neuen-Jacob E, Voit T
Abstract excerpt
At the age of five years a male child started to develop a progressive rigid spine, torsion scoliosis, and flexion contractures of his elbows, knees, hips, and ankles owing to severe proximal and distal muscle weakness. He had three muscle biopsies from three different muscles at ages 7, 11, and 14 years, respectively. Myopathologically, these muscle tissues contained numerous inclusions which, at the...
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