Elderly Onset of Weakness in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

A 77-year-old male is presented. He had onset of proximal weakness 10 years earlier. His course was slowly progressive. Despite having phenotypic features of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH), genetic testing for this was delayed because of his age of onset, lack of family history, and...

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Published in:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Main Author: Dominic B. Fee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/726984