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Preferred term

Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Oculopharyngeal Dystrophy
  • Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
  • Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Type

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X6RPW81M-T

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