Term Name: | nemaline myopathy |
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Synonyms: | Nemaline body disease, nemaline rod myopathy, rod body disease, rod myopathy |
Definition: | A congenital myopathy characterized by generally non-progressive muscle weakness of varying severity and problems with the tone and contraction of skeletal muscles. The muscle cells contain abnormal clumps of threadlike material called nemaline bodies. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:3191] ( DOID:3191 ) |