Camptocormia phenotype of FSHD: a clinical and MRI study on six patients.

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Recently it has been postulated that there is an atypical facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) phenotype with isolated axial myopathy. Involvement of paraspinal and limb muscles was evaluated in six patients with molecularly proven FSHD and a predominant bent spine phenotype. Consistent with the camptocormia phenotype, the most severely affected muscles in all six patients were the thoracic and lumbar...

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