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 Authors: Soares Cristiane N., Freitas Marcos R.G. de, Nascimento Osvaldo J.M., Silva Lenilda Ferreira da, Freitas Andréa R. de, Werneck Lineu C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2003-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000600011
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