181 top medical experts on Hereditary Myopathy with Early Respiratory Failure across 19 countries and 3 U.S. states, including 15 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Hereditary Myopathy with Early Respiratory Failure: A rare genetic neuromuscular disease characterized by adult onset of slowly progressive distal and/or proximal muscle weakness in the upper and lower extremities, and early involvement of respiratory muscles leading to respiratory failure. Additional features are neck flexor weakness, foot extensor weakness, and, in rare cases, mildly impaired cardiac function. Muscle biopsy shows eosinophilic myofibrillar inclusions referred to as cytoplasmic bodies, as well as fiber size variation, increased internal nuclei and connective tissue, fiber splitting, and rimmed vacuoles.
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  3. Synonyms: Edstrom Myopathy,  HMERF,  Autosomal Dominant With Early Respiratory Failure Distal Myopathy,  with Early Respiratory Muscle Involvement Proximal Myopathy


  

        

                    


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