Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal |
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| Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal Muscular; Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Muscular; Muscular Dystrophies, Oculopharyngeal; Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies; Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy | |
| An autosomal dominant hereditary disease that presents in late in life and is characterized by DYSPHAGIA and progressive ptosis of the eyelids. Mutations in the gene for POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEIN II have been associated with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. | |