Whole-body muscle MRI of patients with MATR3-associated distal myopathy reveals a distinct pattern of muscular involvement and highlights the value of whole-body examination. [PDF]
Mensch A +5 more
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An adult nemaline myopathy patient with respiratory and heart failure harboring a novel NEB variant
Nemaline myopathy is a heterogeneous disorder of skeletal muscle, and histologically characterized by the presence of nemaline bodies in muscle fibers. Patients with typical congenital form of nemaline myopathy initially present with proximal but later ...
Masahiro Ohara +7 more
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The challenging diagnosis of dysferlinopathy – a case report [PDF]
Objectives. Dysferlinopathies are a group of rare genetic myopathies characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy with four distinct clinical phenotypes: Miyoshi myopathy, limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B, distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset
Claudiu Gabriel Socoliuc +4 more
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Multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous p.Arg159His VCP mutation : a tale of the unexpected [PDF]
ObjectiveTo assess the clinical, radiologic, myopathologic, and proteomic findings in a patient manifesting a multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) mutation previously reported to be pathogenic in the ...
Azmi, A +12 more
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Aquaporin-4 expression in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles
Background Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles/hereditary inclusion body myopathy is clinically characterized by the early involvement of distal leg muscles. The striking pathological features of the myopathy are muscle fibers with rimmed vacuoles.
Hoshi Akihiko +5 more
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Lower Limb Radiology of Distal Myopathy due to the S60F Myotilin Mutation [PDF]
Distal myopathies are a clinically and genetically heterogenous group of disorders in which the distal limb musculature is selectively or disproportionately affected.
Birchall, Daniel +8 more
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An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]
An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Aarli +49 more
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Introduction Miyoshi myopathy, a type of distal myopathy with predominant involvement of the posterior calf muscles, has been assigned to mutations in the dysferlin gene.
Neusch Clemens +3 more
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Dominant BIN1-related centronuclear myopathy (CNM) revealed by lower limb myalgia and moderate CK elevation [PDF]
We report a BIN1-related CNM family with unusual clinical phenotype. The proband, a 56-year-old man suffered of lower limbs myalgia since the age of 52.
Antonini, Giovanni +8 more
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GGC repeat expansions in NOTCH2NLC causing a phenotype of distal motor neuropathy and myopathy
Background The expansion of GGC repeat in the 5' untranslated region of the NOTCH2NLC has been associated with various neurogenerative disorders of the central nervous system and, more recently, oculopharyngodistal myopathy.
Jiaxi Yu +20 more
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