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A new congenital form of X-linked autophagic vacuolar myopathy.
Neurology - 11 Oct 2005
Yan C, Tanaka M, Sugie K, Nobutoki T, Woo M, Murase N, Higuchi Y, Noguchi S, Nonaka I, Hayashi Y K, Nishino I
Abstract excerpt
In a new family with X-linked congenital autophagic vacuolar myopathy (AVM), seven affected boys presented with congenital hypotonia, dyspnea, and dysphagia with delayed motor milestones. Muscle pathology revealed autophagic vacuoles with sarcolemmal features, multilayered basal lamina with marked sarcolemmal deposition of C5-9 membrane attack complex and calcium, histologically indistinguishable from...
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