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Congenital Myopathy 22A
A congenital myopathy that is characterized by onset of muscle weakness in utero or soon after birth and that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the SCN4A gene on chromosome 17q23. Biallelic mut
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A congenital myopathy that is characterized by onset of muscle weakness in utero or soon after birth and that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the SCN4A gene on chromosome 17q23. Biallelic mut
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