Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy

Abstract

A new familial, autosomal dominant, myopathy and variant of hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) is described in 19 members of a large Swedish family followed in the Departments of Pediatrics, Genetics, and Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.

Keywords

• hereditary inclusion body myopathy
• external ophthalmoplegia
• myopathic changes