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Centronuclear myopathy in black African children--report of 4 cases
A Moosa et al. Neuropediatrics. 1987 Nov.
Abstract
Four African children with sporadically occurring centronuclear myopathy of the childhood form are described. Three were female. All had the characteristic clinical features of hypotonia, facial weakness, and external ophthalmoplegia. Muscle histology showed centrally placed nuclei in small type I fibres.
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