Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare form of muscular dystrophy with symptoms generally starting when an individual is 40 to 50 years old...
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Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown...
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in muscles or nerve damage, such as myasthenia gravis or oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Exposure to the toxins in some snake venoms, such as that...
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Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) Congenital dystrophy (CMD) Distal (DD) Oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPMD) Emery-Dreifuss (EDMD) Major systems of the...
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PMID 18799579. "Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy". Genetics Home Reference. National Library of Medicine. "Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy". National...
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Classified as an orphan disease, there is currently no therapy for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), as it is caused by a mutation in the poly(A) binding...
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The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (redirect from Muscular dystrophy telethon)
in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The Muscular Dystrophy Association was founded in 1950 with hopes of...
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the coding region of this gene leads to autosomal dominant oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) disease. Multiple splice variants have been described...
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amyoplasia Oculomotor nerve palsy Oculopalatoskeletal syndrome Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Oculorenocerebellar syndrome Odonto onycho dysplasia with...
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of other important muscles of mastication and swallowing. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease with palpebral ptosis, oropharyngeal...
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