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A Brazilian family with inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget's disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia linked to the VCP pGly97Glu mutation.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Apr 2018
Shinjo Samuel Katsuyuki, Oba-Shinjo Sueli Mieko, Lerario Antonio Marcondes, Marie Suely Kazue Nagahashi
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study is to report a Brazilian patient and his family with inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget's disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). A systematic review of the literature on the valosin-containing protein (VCP) mutation was also performed. The proband (patient) was initially treated as a case of possible refractory polymyositis with Paget's disease and later as an...
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