[A case of Japanese Laing type distal myopathy with a mutation in MYH7 gene].

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A 67-year-old man developed weakness and atrophy of the anterior compartment of the lower leg at age 53 years, followed by weakness of proximal muscles of the upper limb. His father had difficulties in walking in his thirties and died of heart disease at age 45 years. He also had mild respiratory weakness without cardiac involvement. Muscle histology showed spheroid or cytoplasmic bodies-like inclusions with...

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