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X-linked centronuclear myopathy

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (16)
Tbio

12

Tclin

2

Tchem

2


GARD Rare
Mondo Description X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder defined by numerous centrally placed nuclei on muscle biopsy and clinical features of a congenital myopathy.
Uniprot Description A congenital muscle disorder characterized by progressive muscular weakness and wasting involving mainly limb girdle, trunk, and neck muscles. It may also affect distal muscles. Weakness may be present during childhood or adolescence or may not become evident until the third decade of life. Ptosis is a frequent clinical feature. The most prominent histopathologic features include high frequency of centrally located nuclei in muscle fibers not secondary to regeneration, radial arrangement of sarcoplasmic strands around the central nuclei, and predominance and hypotrophy of type 1 fibers.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0010683:  X-linked centronuclear myopathy
DOID:0111225: 
GARD:0011925: 
NCIT:C118781: 
Orphanet:596: 
SCTID:46804001: 
UMLS:C0410203: