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The devastating combination of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

✍ Scribed by Cathrin M. Bütefisch; David F. Lang; Ludwig Gutmann

Book ID
101250637
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
285 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-639X

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✦ Synopsis

A patient with both Charcot-Marie-Tooth (type 1a) disease and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy inherited these from her father and mother, respectively. Either disease alone does not significantly alter life expectancy, but the unusual combination of these two disease processes was devastating and resulted in severe generalized weakness and early death.

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