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Laing early-onset distal myopathy
Genetics:
- autosomal dominant
- associated with defects in MYH7
Clinical manifestations:
- differs from other distal myopathies in that onset is as early as 4 years of age
- selective weakness of the anterior tibial muscles is followed by weakness of the finger extensors & selected proximal muscle groups such as the hip abductors & rotators, the shoulder abductors & the sternocleidomastoids
General
genetic disease of muscle (inherited myopathy)
Database Correlations
OMIM 160500
References
OMIM :accession 160500