title: [Sporadic adult form of nemaline myopathy--a difficult differential diagnosis].
abstract: We report on a 79 years old female patient with slowly progressive painful weakness of the proximal upper and lower limbs. CK was slightly elevated (242 U 7 l). MRI guided biopsy of the proximal lower limbs revealed the rare findings of nemaline myopathy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie, Marienhospital Stuttgart.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Klarl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bornemann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demuth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zähringer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase