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Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal Muscular | Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Muscular | Muscular Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies | Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
An autosomal dominant hereditary disease that presents in late in life and is characterized by DYSPHAGIA and progressive ptosis of the eyelids. Mutations in the gene for POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEIN II have been associated with oculopharyngeal muscular distrophy. |
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