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Myopathy of distal lower limbs: the clinical variant of Miyoshi.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Dec 2003
Soares Cristiane N, de Freitas Marcos R G, Nascimento Osvaldo J M, da Silva Lenilda Ferreira, de Freitas Andréa R, Werneck Lineu C
Abstract excerpt
Miyoshi distal dystrophy is a rare myopathy characterized by an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance and it is prevalent in Japan. Onset of disease is in early adult life with weakness and atrophy of the leg muscles. Recently gene linkage to chromosome 2p12-14 has been established. We report three sisters, born of consanguineous parents. All of them noticed weakness and atrophy of leg muscles, and could not...
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