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X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy: First report of an Israeli family presenting with late onset lower limb girdle weakness.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Sept 2021
Alon Tayir, Sadeh Menachem, Lev Dorit, Dabby Ron
Abstract excerpt
X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy (XMEA) is a rare disorder characterized by slow progressive muscle weakness and distinctive pathology of excessive autophagic vacuoles on muscle biopsy. Here we report on five patients, in a single family, with proximal lower limb weakness. The proband, a 25-year-old man, presented with 5 years of progressive lower limbs proximal muscle weakness. His maternal grandfather...
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