Myopathy of distal lower limbs: the clinical variant of Miyoshi

Miyoshi distal dystrophy is a rare myopathy characterized by an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance and it is prevalent in Japan. Onset of disease is in early adult life with weakness and atrophy of the leg muscles. Recently gene linkage to chromosome 2p12-14 has been established. We report t...

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Main Author: Soares,Cristiane N. (author)
Other Authors: Freitas,Marcos R.G. de (author), Nascimento,Osvaldo J.M. (author), Silva,Lenilda Ferreira da (author), Freitas,Andréa R. de (author), Werneck,Lineu C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2003
Subjects:
distal muscular dystrophy
myopathy
Miyoshi myopathy
dysferlin
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000600011
Country:Brazil
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