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myopathy(medicine)
rod myopathy(medicine)
thyrotoxic myopathy(medicine)
ocular myopathy(medicine)
centronuclear myopathy(medicine)
carcinomatous myopathy(medicine)
nemaline myopathy(medicine)
myotubular myopathy(medicine)
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rod myopathy (medicine)


rod myopathy -->
nemaline myopathy


A congenital myofibrillar abnormality in which small threadlike or rod-shaped bodies are scattered through the muscle fibres. It is marked by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness. It is also called rod myopathy with reference to the threadlike (greek nema, thread) rods or myofibrils (latin fibrilla, a little fibre or threadlike structure).