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Human Disease
nemaline myopathy
- Term ID
- DOID:3191
- Synonyms
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- Nemaline body disease
- nemaline rod myopathy
- rod body disease
- rod myopathy
- Definition
- A congenital myopathy characterized by generally non-progressive muscle weakness of varying severity and problems with the tone and contraction of skeletal muscles. The muscle cells contain abnormal clumps of threadlike material called nemaline bodies. (4)
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