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Novel homozygous mutation of the caveolin-3 gene in rippling muscle disease with extraocular muscle paresis.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 2007
Ueyama H, Horinouchi H, Obayashi K, Hashinaga M, Okazaki T, Kumamoto T
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 39-year-old Japanese man with rippling muscle disease who carried a novel homozygous mutation (Trp70 to a stop codon) in the caveolin-3 gene. The patient also had extraocular muscle paresis showing atrophy of the extraocular muscles on orbital MRI. The involvement of the extraocular...
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