Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
"Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 dystrophy.
| Descriptor ID |
D039141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.534.500.450 C10.668.491.175.500.450 C16.320.577.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal- Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
- Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal Muscular
- Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Muscular
- Muscular Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal
- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies
- Oculopharyngeal Dystrophy
- Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Type
- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
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