Fifty year follow-up of a patient with central core disease shows slow but definite progression.

doi:10.1016/s0960-8966(98)00043-1

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Fifty year follow-up of a patient with central core disease shows slow but definite progression.

Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Aug 1998

Lamont P J, Dubowitz V, Landon D N, Davis M, Morgan-Hughes J A

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The follow-up of a patient with central core disease (CCD) over 50 years showed that although initially the condition was moderately non-progressive, progression of a significant degree did eventually occur. Histopathological and electron microscopic data were available from muscle biopsies carri...

Topics

DNA
Disease Progression
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Middle Aged
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Muscles
Mutation
Myopathies, Nemaline
Time Factors

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