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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

This type of muscular dystrophy affects adults of both sexes, causing weakness in the eye muscles and throat.

 
 
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
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OMIM 164300
DiseasesDB 29869

Oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPD), or oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, is a form of muscular dystrophy characterized in some stages by deformation of the eyelid, speech impediment, and difficulty swallowing due to dystrophia of the pharynx.

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