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what is 'oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - muscle disese affecting eyes, swallowing and speech '?
Definition for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPD), or oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, is a form of muscular dystrophy characterized in some stages by deformation of the eyelid, speech impediment, and difficulty swallowing due to dystrophia of the pharynx.
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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Molecular Genetic Studies
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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Barium Swallow
Serum Creatine Kinase (CK)
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Serum Creatine Kinase (CK)
Amniocentesis
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Amniocentesis
Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
Electromyogram (EMG)
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Electromyogram (EMG)
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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Muscle biopsy
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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and Videofluoroscopy swallowing
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy with PABPN1 mutation in a Chinese Malaysian woman" ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - Genetics Home Reference
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a genetic condition characterized by ... Mutations in the PABPN1 gene cause oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ...
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) due to a small duplication in ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) due to a small ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a late onset autosomal dominant muscle disorder. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12673802
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - References - Genetics Home Reference
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: recent advances in the understanding of the ... Brais B. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: a late-onset polyalanine disease. ...
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy with limb girdle weakness as major ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy with limb girdle weakness as major complaint. ... description of the oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) phenotype in Dutch ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14648146
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - Educational resources ...
Genetic Conditions > oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy > ... Genetics Home Reference condition summary on oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ...
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy with PABPN1 mutation in a Chinese ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy with PABPN1 mutation in a Chinese ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant disorder of ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15725589
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - MedlinePlus - Health information ...
... Conditions > oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy > MedlinePlus - Health ... Genetics Home Reference condition summary on oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ...
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Effect of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy-associated extension of ...
Effect of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy-associated extension of seven ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant disease that ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17229142?ordinalpos=13&it...
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - Related Gene(s) - Genetics Home ...
Genetic Conditions > oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy > Related Gene(s) ... Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications ...
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Muscular Dystrophy,Oculopharyngeal
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare genetic muscle disorder with ... Muscular dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal. OPMD. Autosomal Dominant OPMD ...
http://www.webmd.com/brain/muscular-dystrophy-oculopharyngeal
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A case of rare recessive oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is typically inherited in an autosomal ... Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal/complications* Rare Diseases/complications ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18358598?dopt=AbstractPlus
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Muscular Dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal (Autosomal dominant) Congenital muscular dystrophy (Autosomal recessive) ... dystrophy (FSHD), and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) ...
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Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common form affecting children, while ... (FSHD), and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) are autosomal dominant. ...
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/4400/4461.asp?index=14128
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, other ocular myopathies, and ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, other ocular myopathies, and progressive ... causes are oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngodistal muscular ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9392010
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Muscular Dystrophy: Hope Through Research: National Institute of ...
You are here: Home " Disorders A - Z " Muscular Dystrophy (MD) ... Oculopharyngeal MD (OPMD) generally begins in a person's forties or fifties and ...
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Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal - Yahoo! Health
Important It is possible that the main title of the report Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to ...
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: phenotypic and genotypic studies in ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: phenotypic and genotypic studies in a UK ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an autosomal dominant disorder of ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11222452?dopt=Abstract
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Muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy ? Myotonic ? Oculopharyngeal ... girdle muscular dystrophy 1 · Oculopharyngeal · Facioscapulohumeral · Myotonic · Distal (most) ...
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
... Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy resembles myasthenia gravis. ...
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Muscular Dystrophy Organizations: National Institute of Neurological ...
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological ... Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) Society. 3 ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/org_md.htm
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Muscular Dystrophy - Genetics Home Reference
myotonic dystrophy. oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. tibial muscular dystrophy ... Home Reference for "Muscular Dystrophy" for additional information. ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/conditionGroup=musculardystrophy
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Muscular Dystrophy Press Releases: National Institute of Neurological ...
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ... A - Z " Muscular Dystrophy (MD) ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/press_md.htm
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Muscular Dystrophy - MedlinePlus
Offers links to news stories, specific conditions, articles on coping with the illness, and more.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/musculardystrophy.html
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Muscular Dystrophy Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC) (French: Dystrophie musculaire Canada) is a ... Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy ? Myotonic ? Oculopharyngeal ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_Dystrophy_Canada
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
Section 7. Musculoskeletal Disorders. Chapter 54. Muscular Disorders ... Myotonic Dystrophy | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps ...
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HnRNP A1 and A/B interaction with PABPN1 in oculopharyngeal muscular ...
BACKGROUND: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an adult-onset disorder ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy cellular model and OPMD patient muscle tissue ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12945950
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Muscular Dystrophy Publications: National Institute of Neurological ...
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders ... 2000 NINDS workshop on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/pubs_md.htm
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
... Myotonic Dystrophy | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps ... A muscular disorder that results from administered corticosteroids ...
https://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec7/ch54/ch54g.jsp
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Muscular dystrophy: Symptoms - MayoClinic.com
Muscular dystrophy â?" Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this muscle disease. ... Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/muscular-dystrophy/DS00200/DSECTION=symptoms
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Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is inherited in either an autosomal dominant ... Molecular Genetic Testing Used in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=opmd
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Muscular Dystrophy Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muscular Dystrophy Association's website in Greece. Netflix via their longtime corp. ... Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy ? Myotonic ? Oculopharyngeal ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_Dystrophy_Association
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Muscular Dystrophy - NINDS
Includes disease information, treatment, prognosis, and clinical trials. From the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/md.htm
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Last 12 months - Genetics Home Reference
Condition: oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Condition: sialuria ... Condition: Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. Condition: Kallmann syndrome ...
http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov/whatsnew/show/12months
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
... Myotonic Dystrophy | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps ... Muscular disorders (see Table 54-1) are characterized by ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec7/ch54/ch54a.jsp
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Ear, nose, and throat - Genetics Home Reference
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. OI see osteogenesis imperfecta ... OPMD see oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. OSMED see otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/conditionCategory=earnoseandthroat
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Myotonic Dystrophy - Wikipedia
User-edited article about myotonic dystrophy, the chronic inherited multisystemic disease ... Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy ? Myotonic ? Oculopharyngeal ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotonic_dystrophy
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy as a cause of dysphagia in the elderly.
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy as a cause of dysphagia in the elderly. Kiel DP. A case of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in an elderly woman of French ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3944405
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PABPN1 - poly(A) binding protein, nuclear 1 - Genetics Home Reference
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy - caused by mutations in the PABPN1 gene ... the muscle weakness seen in people with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene=pabpn1
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Eyes and vision - Genetics Home Reference
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ODD syndrome see oculodentodigital dysplasia ... OPMD see oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/conditionsByCategory/show/eyesandvision
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Swallowing Disorders Information Page: National Institute of ...
Swallowing disorders (dysphagia) information page compiled by the National Institute of ... symptom of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, a rare, ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/swallowing_disorders/swallowing_disorders.htm
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
... Myotonic Dystrophy | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps ... Usually, myotonic dystrophy characterized by distal weakness ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec7/ch54/ch54l.jsp
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MDCC November 9, 2005 Meeting Minutes: National Institute of ...
... Groups at NINDS " Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Commmittee " ... concern was that oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) was not addressed in the Plan. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/find_people/groups/mdcc/MeetingMinutes_20051109.htm
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Neurologic Diseases - Genetics Home Reference
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. early-onset primary dystonia ... oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/conditionGroup=neurologicdiseases
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Neuromuscular disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muscular dystrophy is a large group of diseases, many of them ... Muscular ... girdle muscular dystrophy 1 · Oculopharyngeal · Facioscapulohumeral · Myotonic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular_disease
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PABPN1 - Related Condition(s) - Genetics Home Reference
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Reviewed: December 2008. Published: April 10, 2009. Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications ...
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene=pabpn1/show/Related+Condition(s)
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PMID 11001936
Nuclear inclusions in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy consist of poly(A) ... 2321-8 Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an adult-onset disease ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11001936
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PMID 11371506
The product of an oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy gene, poly(A)-binding ... 1129-39 Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is caused by short expansions ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11371506
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Swallowing Disorders
Muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy are accompanied by dysphagia, which is also the cardinal symptom of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, a rare, ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/swallowing_disorders/xml_...
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 54, Muscular Disorders
... Myotonic Dystrophy | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | Idiopathic Muscle Cramps. Muscular Disorders in Osteomalacia. Osteomalacia results from vitamin D ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec7/ch54/ch54j.jsp
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