cap myopathy
Cap myopathy is a very rare congenital myopathy presenting a weakness of facial and respiratory muscles associated with craniofacial and thoracic deformities, as well as weakness of limb proximal and distal muscles. Onset is at birth or in childhood, weakness progression is slow but may lead to a severe and even fatal prognosis. [ Orphanet:171881 ]
Term info
- UMLS:C3710589 (Orphanet:171881)
- Orphanet:171881 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:C579969 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- GARD:0011915 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:703532002 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
gard_rare, ordo_disease
Cap myopathy is a very rare congenital myopathy presenting a weakness of facial and respiratory muscles associated with craniofacial and thoracic deformities, as well as weakness of limb proximal and distal muscles. Onset is at birth or in childhood, weakness progression is slow but may lead to a severe and even fatal prognosis.
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C3710589, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/703532002, http://identifiers.org/mesh/C579969, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_171881
Cap disease
congenital myopathy with caps
MONDO:0015753
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/11915/cap-myopathy