Diseases

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

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.

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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.

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

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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/vet: coord with MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL

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History Note

2003; use MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 2001-2002

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  • Muscular Dystrophies (1969-2002)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D039141. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D039141
  2. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy
  3. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042171