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Myosin Storage Myopathy in C. elegans and Human Cultured Muscle Cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Dahl-Halvarsson Martin, Pokrzywa Malgorzata, Rauthan Manish, Pilon Marc, Tajsharghi Homa
Abstract excerpt
Myosin storage myopathy is a protein aggregate myopathy associated with the characteristic subsarcolemmal accumulation of myosin heavy chain in muscle fibers. Despite similar histological findings, the clinical severity and age of onset are highly variable, ranging from no weakness to severe impairment of ambulation, and usually childhood-onset to onset later in life. Mutations located in the distal end of the...
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