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[Case of LGMD2A (calpainopathy) clinically presenting as Miyoshi distal myopathy].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Sept 2008
Shirafuji Toshihiko, Otsuka Yoshihisa, Kobessho Hiroshi, Minami Narihiro, Hayashi Yukiko, Nishino Ichizo, Kanda Fumio
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We reported a 23-year-old woman with distal myopathy and highly elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) caused by calpainopathy. Although muscle weakness was not evident, a muscle CT scan revealed replacement by adipose tissue in the medial head of the gastrocnemius. The gluteus maximus and biceps fe...
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