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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: phenotypic and genotypic studies in a Chinese population.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Dec 2014
Shan Jingli, Chen Bin, Lin Pengfei, Li Duoling, Luo Yuebei, Ji Kunqian, Zheng Jinfan, Yuan Yun, Yan Chuanzhu
Abstract excerpt
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant late-onset neuromuscular degenerative disease characterized by ptosis, dysphagia, and proximal muscle weakness. The genetic basis has been identified as an abnormal (GCN) expansion encoding the polyalanine tract in exon 1 of the polyadenylate-binding protein nuclear 1 gene (PABPN1). OPMD is worldwide distributed, but has rarely been reported in...
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