Catalog

Adult-onset nemaline myopathy

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Link to WHO Definition

Adult-onset nemaline myopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1610331066

Adult-onset nemaline myopathy is a rapidly progressive type of nemaline myopathy characterised by a very late onset. It presents with a generalised weakness, myalgia and rapid progression. Several cases have been associated with cardiomyopathy, dropped head syndrome and respiratory involvement.