Term Name: | oculopharyngodistal myopathy 1 |
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Definition: | An oculopharyngodistal myopathy that is characterized by adult-onset ptosis, external ophthalmoplegia, facial muscle weakness, distal limb muscle weakness and atrophy, and pharyngeal involvement, resulting in dysphagia and dysarthria, and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous trinucleotide repeat expansion (CGG) in the 5-prime untranslated region of the LRP12 gene on chromosome 8q22. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0081297] ( DOID:0081297 ) |