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Distal myopathy, Tateyama type
Disease definition
Distal myopathy, Tateyama type is a rare, genetic, slowly progressive, distal myopathy disorder characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness limited to the small muscles of the hands and feet (in particular, thenar and hypothenar muscle atrophy), increased serum creatine kinase, and severely reduced caveolin-3 expression on muscle biopsy. Some patients may also show calf hypertrophy, pes cavus, and signs of muscle hyperexcitability.
ORPHA:488650
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
- Age of onset: Adult
- ICD-10: G71.0
- OMIM: 614321
- UMLS: C3280443
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
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