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Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal

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Definition: An autosomal dominant hereditary disease that presents in late in life and is characterized by DYSPHAGIA and progressive ptosis of the eyelids. Mutations in the gene for POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEIN II have been associated with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.  /vet: coord with MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL   
See Also Poly(A)-Binding Protein II
Other names Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy; Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies; Muscular Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal; Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Muscular; Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal Muscular
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Visceral myopathy familial external ophthalmoplegia  0   *Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction *Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal.

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