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Myofibrillar myopathy 11

Synonyms
MYOPATHY, CONGENITAL, WITH ECCENTRIC CORES

Summary

Myofibrillar myopathy-11 (MFM11) is an autosomal recessive skeletal muscle disorder characterized by onset of slowly progressive proximal muscle weakness in the first decade of life. Some patients may present at birth with hypotonia and feeding difficulties, whereas others present later in mid-childhood. Although most patients show delayed walking at 2 to 3 years, all remain ambulatory into adulthood. More variable features may include decreased respiratory forced vital capacity, variable cardiac features, and calf hypertrophy. Skeletal muscle biopsy shows myopathic changes with variation in fiber size, type 1 fiber predominance, centralized nuclei, eccentrically placed core-like lesions, and distortion of the myofibrillary pattern with Z-line streaming and abnormal myofibrillar aggregates or inclusions (summary by Donkervoort et al., 2020). For a phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of myofibrillar myopathy, see MFM1 (601419). [from OMIM]

Available tests

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Clinical tests (1 available)

Molecular Genetics Tests

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  • Also known as: CMYA4, CTRCT43, MFM11, SMUNC45, UNC-45B, UNC45, UNC45B
    Summary: unc-45 myosin chaperone B

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