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A new dominant distal myopathy affecting posterior leg and anterior upper limb muscles.
Neurology - 12 Apr 2005
Williams D R, Reardon K, Roberts L, Dennet X, Duff R, Laing N G, Byrne E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report a dominant, slowly progressive early onset distal myopathy with sparing of the tibialis anterior. METHODS: Twelve affected and two possibly affected members from an Australian kindred were examined and investigated by EMG, imaging studies, histopathology, and genetic analysis. RESULTS: Affected patients had a slowly progressive condition with symmetric, distal weakness and wasting of the...
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