Clinical and muscle imaging findings in 14 mainland chinese patients with oculopharyngodistal myopathy.

Oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM) is an extremely rare, adult-onset hereditary muscular disease characterized by progressive external ocular, pharyngeal, and distal muscle weakness and myopathological rimmed vacuole changes. The causative gene is currently unknown; therefore, diagnosis of OPDM is...

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Main Authors: Juan Zhao, Jing Liu, Jiangxi Xiao, Jing Du, Chengli Que, Xin Shi, Wei Liang, Weiping Sun, Wei Zhang, He Lv, Yun Yuan, Zhaoxia Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4454561?pdf=render