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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
The X-linked form of myotubular myopathy is highly lethal in neonates. Several autopsy-derived muscles from two probands of a new kindred who survived for 100 days because of intensive supportive care were analyzed by light microscopy, morphometry, enzyme histochemistry, and electron microscopy. The results were compared with a similar analysis of muscle from control fetal and neonatal subjects. The findings, in addition to the characteristic centronucleated hypotrophic myofibers, included widespread myofiber degeneration and focal contraction band necrosis that differed from the types seen in other myopathic and dystrophic muscle diseases. A high frequency of degenerating nuclei that often contained large nucleoli was observed. Because of the paradoxic nuclear morphology, nuclear failure (in migration and myofibrillogenesis) is believed to be of central importance in the pathogenesis of this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1167-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Morphologic and morphometric analysis of muscle in X-linked myotubular myopathy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't