Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: phenotypic and genotypic studies in a UK population.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant disorder of late onset that commonly presents with ptosis and dysphagia. The genetic basis of the condition has been identified recently as a stable trinucleotide repeat expansion in exon 1 of the poly(A) binding protein 2 gene (PABP...

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Main Authors: Hill, M, Creed, G, McMullan, T, Tyers, A, Hilton-Jones, D, Robinson, DO, Hammans, SR
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001