Congenital muscular dystrophy (non-Fukuyama type): a case report.
A Taiwanese girl, aged 12 years, presented with early myogenic hypotonia, multiple joint contractures, mental subnormality and epilepsy. Computerized tomography scanning of the brain showed white matter hyperlucency. According to her clinical manifestations and radiological pictures, the patient could be the fourth oriental case who had the features of occidental-type cerebromuscular dystrophy.
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Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Kao
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Kwan
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Chen
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Chi
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Lee
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YC
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed