Familial visceral myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia

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Other Names: Oculogastrointestinal muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy, oculogastrointestinal; Intestinal pseudoobstruction with external ophthalmoplegia; Visceral myopathy, familial, with external ophthalmoplegia; Visceral myopathy - familial external ophthalmoplegia

Oculogastrointestinal muscular dystrophy is an extremely rare autosomal recessively inherited neuromuscular disease characterized by ocular manifestations such as ptosis and diplopia followed by chronic diarrhea, malnutrion and intestinal peudo-obstruction.

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Familial visceral myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia is a rare disease.


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