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Myopathy, myofibrillar, 13, with rimmed vacuoles

rare

A rare genetic neuromuscular disease caused by a mutation in HSPB8 gene, characterized by length-dependent axonal motor neuropathy predominantly affecting the lower limbs, in combination with a myopathy with morphological features of myofibrillar myopathy with aggregates and rimmed vacuoles.

Causal genes
HSPB8
Also known as
autosomal dominant distal axonal motor neuropathy-myofibrillar myopathy syndrome · HSPB8-associated autosomal dominant rimmed vacuolar myopathy · HSPB8-related autosomal dominant distal axonal motor neuropathy-myofibrillar myopathy syndrome · limb-girdle rimmed vacuolar myopathy · MFM13

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