Nemaline bodies in a progressive infantile neuromuscular disorder.
Nemaline bodies are described in a case of a progressive neuromuscular disorder, which is difficult to classify. The clinical syndrome is not characteristic of a nemaline myopathy. It is argued that the finding of nemaline bodies is in itself not specific of any neuromuscular disease.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*