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Oculopharyngeal Myopathy with Leukodystrophy (OPML1)

Autosomal DominantMuscular DystrophyOMIM 618639
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Overview

From WUSTL Neuromuscular

● Epidemiology: 1 Japanese family, 3 patients Genetics Mutation: CGG repeat expansion In bidirectionally transcribed long noncoding RNAs (LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1) Somatic instability Allelic disorder: Oculopharyngodistal myopathy Clinical Myopathy Weakness: Diffuse Bulbar: Dysarthria; Dysphagia Respiratory: 2 patients Eye Ptosis EOM: Limited range Systemic: 1 patient GI dysmotility Bladder dysfunction Cardiomyopathy, dilated Leukoencephalopathy Ataxia & Tremor: 1 patient Laboratory Muscle: Non-specific myopathy Brain MRI: Increased DWI signal intensity in corticomedullary junction of cerebral whi

OMIM Entries

OMIM #618639

Related Conditions

Shared genes
Myopathic Tremor
AS1ANIMAL
Oculopharyngodistal Myopathies (OPDM)
AS1DISEASEDNA

External Resources

WUSTL Neuromuscular
Washington University Disease Center
OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
PubMed
Biomedical Literature
GeneReviews
NCBI Expert-Authored Reviews
Orphanet
Portal for Rare Diseases
NORD
National Organization for Rare Disorders

Data sourced from the Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center. For clinical use, always refer to primary sources.