title: Hypotrophy of type I fibres with central nuclei: recovery 4 years after diagnosis.
abstract: A case of myopathy is reported in a child, first biopsied at 11/2 years of age and whose muscle showed hypotrophy of type I fibres with central nuclei. The case was followed up with another biopsy from the contralateral muscle at 6 years of age. The second sample showed only predominance of type I fibres.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*