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Neuropathic Findings in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, Seven Cases & Review of Literature
Arch Neurol 50:481-488, Hardiman,O.,et al, 1993
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Article Abstract
We describe seven patients with clinical evidence of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.Four of these patients were members of the same Italian-American family.The agent onset was after the fourth decade in all patients.All seven patients had extraocular muscle involvement,and six of the seven patient shad clinical,electrophysiological,and/or pathological evidence of neuropathy in addition to features that were suggestive of myopathy.An autopsy was performed on one patient.We discuss the significance of the concurrence of neuropathic features with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in relation to these patients and previously reported cases.
 
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