oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Noun
  1. A form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat;
    Progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses;
    Inheritance is autosomal dominant (synset 114187158)
    is a type of: dystrophy, muscular dystrophy - any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

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