Nemaline myopathy


nemaline myopathy nem·a·line myopathy (něm’ə-līn’, -lĭn)
n.
Congenital, nonprogressive muscle weakness most evident in the proximal muscles, with characteristic threadlike rods seen in some muscle cells.

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