Alpha B crystalline myopathy (Q84641)
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Alpha B crystalline myopathy or fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy is caused by homozygous mutation in the CRYAB gene. It is a severe autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy with onset in the first weeks of life after a normal neonatal period. Affected infants show rapidly progressive muscular rigidity of the trunk and limbs associated with increasing respiratory difficulty resulting in death before age 3 years.
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| English | Alpha B crystalline myopathy |
Alpha B crystalline myopathy or fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy is caused by homozygous mutation in the CRYAB gene. It is a severe autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy with onset in the first weeks of life after a normal neonatal period. Affected infants show rapidly progressive muscular rigidity of the trunk and limbs associated with increasing respiratory difficulty resulting in death before age 3 years. |
