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MeSH Heading: Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
Tree Number(s): C05.651.534.500.450; C10.668.491.175.500.450; C16.320.577.450
Unique ID: D039141
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D039141
Annotation: /vet: coord with MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL
Scope Note: An autosomal dominant hereditary disease that presents in late in life and is characterized by DYSPHAGIA and progressive ptosis of the eyelids. Mutations in the gene for POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEIN II have been associated with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
Entry Term(s): Oculopharyngeal Dystrophy; Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy; Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Type
Previous Indexing: Muscular Dystrophies (1969-2002)
See Also: Poly(A)-Binding Protein II
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 2001-2002
History Note: 2003; use MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 2001-2002
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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Concept UI: M0335587
Scope Note: An autosomal dominant hereditary disease that presents in late in life and is characterized by DYSPHAGIA and progressive ptosis of the eyelids. Mutations in the gene for POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEIN II have been associated with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
Terms: Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Preferred Term
Term UI T369181
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
Term UI T812267
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Oculopharyngeal Dystrophy
Term UI T842183
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal Type
Term UI T842184
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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