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Rippling Muscle Disease 2
A muscle tissue disease characterized by mechanically triggered contractions of skeletal muscle and that is caused by mutation in the caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) on chromosome 3p25.
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Overview
A muscle tissue disease characterized by mechanically triggered contractions of skeletal muscle and that is caused by mutation in the caveolin-3 gene (CAV3) on chromosome 3p25.
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