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- noun Plural form of
myopathy .
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Examples
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The skeletal muscle actin mutations which cause congenital myopathies can be classified into five individual diseases which affect thousands of families worldwide.
Australian Scientists Reveal Breakthrough In ‘Floppy Baby’ Syndrome | Impact Lab 2009
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To suggest that an exogenous antigen (such as those found in the MMR vaccine) can somehow trigger or exacerbate mitochondrial myopathies is laughable.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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In Australia, dozens of families are affected by congenital myopathies which bring high emotional costs and personal suffering, as well as financial and community burdens.
Australian Scientists Reveal Breakthrough In ‘Floppy Baby’ Syndrome | Impact Lab 2009
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EMG would exclude other myopathies, but without weakness or abnormal reflexes I don't think that's what she's got.
Clinical Case: Leg Pain (Part 1) 1 Dinosaur 2008
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It's not that mitochondrial myopathies weren't around in the 1980s when I had my children -- they weren't as well recognized and understood.
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The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which helps some of the families whose children have a condition called mitochondrial myopathies, has been part-funding the research for the last 10 years.
The Guardian World News Sarah Boseley 2010
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Philip Butcher, chief executive of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign which represents people with the conditions, called mitochondrial myopathies, said: '' These findings will be a ray of hope for people affected by mitochondrial diseases who can often be left with the heart-breaking decision of whether to have children who may be born with a serious illness.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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Distinguishing between immune-mediated myopathies and other necrotizing myopathies such as muscular dystrophies and self-limited toxic myopathies is crucial because only autoimmune muscle diseases respond to immunosuppressive therapy.
Science Blog 2010
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Mutations in FHL1 are present in several myopathies, including reducing-body myopathy
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which helps some of the families whose children have a condition called mitochondrial myopathies, has been part-funding the research for the last 10 years.
The Guardian World News Sarah Boseley 2010
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