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Myosin storage (hyaline body) myopathy: a case report.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Dec 2006
Shingde Meena V, Spring Penelope J, Maxwell Adam, Wills Edward J, Harper Clive G, Dye Danielle E, Laing Nigel G, North Kathryn N
Abstract excerpt
Myosin storage myopathy/hyaline body myopathy is a rare congenital myopathy, with less than 30 cases reported in the literature. It is characterised by the presence of subsarcolemmal hyaline bodies in type 1 muscle fibres and predominantly proximal muscle weakness. Recently, a single mutation (Arg1845Trp) in the slow/beta-cardiac myosin heavy chain gene (MYH7) was identified in four unrelated probands from Sweden...
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