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Myofibrillar myopathy: clinical, morphological and genetic studies in 63 patients.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2004
Selcen Duygu, Ohno Kinji, Engel Andrew G
Abstract excerpt
The term myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) was proposed in 1996 as a non-committal term for a pathological pattern of myofibrillar dissolution associated with accumulation of myofibrillar degradation products and ectopic expression of multiple proteins that include desmin, alphaB-crystallin (alphaBC), dystrophin and congophilic amyloid material. Subsequent studies revealed dominant mutations in desmin and alphaBC in...
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