A Family of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
;
: 121-126, 1993.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetically trarlsmitted benign muscular dystrophy which has autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. It starts anytime within the first 30 years of life, and usually involves the face and shoulder girdle, and finally the pelvic muscles with very slow progression. Authors-report a fanily consisting of a father, two sons and one daughter, who had suffered from exertional dyspnea, weakness of facial muscle and winged scapulae, all wlth a slow progressive course. Two of these patients were biopsied arld confirmed light microscopically and electron microsopically.
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Main subject:
Scapula
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Shoulder
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Nuclear Family
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Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
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Inheritance Patterns
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Dyspnea
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Facial Muscles
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Fathers
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Muscles
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Muscular Dystrophies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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