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[Genealogical study of oculopharyngeal dystrophy at Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada].

Revue neurologique - 1 Jan 1992

Tremblay-Tymczuk S, Mathieu J, Morgan K, Bouchard J P, De Braekeleer M

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The genealogies of 28 proband affected with oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPD) distributed in 28 families from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, a geographically isolated region of northeastern Quebec, were reconstructed. The analysis of these genealogies showed that the Montmagny and L'Islet counties are the most likely center of diffusion of OPD among the French Canadians, as suggested by Barbeau in 1966. A unique founder...

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Blepharoptosis
Deglutition Disorders
Female
France
Genealogy and Heraldry
Humans
Male
Muscular Dystrophies
Mutation
Oculomotor Muscles
Pharyngeal Muscles
Quebec

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PMID: 1295054

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