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Nemaline Myopathy in an Adult with Primary Hypothyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Marcelino G. Reyes ,
Alexander Tal ,
David Abrahamson  and
Maurice Schwartz
Marcelino G. Reyes*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology (Division of Neuropathology), and Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Alexander Tal
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology (Division of Neuropathology), and Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
David Abrahamson
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology (Division of Neuropathology), and Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Maurice Schwartz
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology (Division of Neuropathology), and Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
*
Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL 60608 U.S.A.
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Abstract:

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We report a 50 year old woman with primary hypothyroidism and nemaline myopathy to call attention to the rare coexistence of these two disorders.

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Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 117 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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