Term Name: | congenital myopathy 10B |
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Definition: | A congenital myopathy that is characterized by infantile- or childhood-onset myopathy, areflexia, dysphagia, and respiratory distress that usually requires nocturnal ventilation and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the MEGF10 gene on chromosome 5q23. Biallelic mutation in the MEGF10 gene also causes a more severe congenital myopathy with overlapping features. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0081345] ( DOID:0081345 ) |