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infantile-onset myofibrillar myopathy 12 with cardiomyopathy

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A myofibrillar myopathy that is characterized by tremor or clonus at birth, followed by onset of rapidly progressive generalized muscle weakness and dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac failure and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous m

A myofibrillar myopathy that is characterized by tremor or clonus at birth, followed by onset of rapidly progressive generalized muscle weakness and dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac failure and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the MYL2 gene on chromosome 12q23.

Signs and symptoms

  • Clonus
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Right atrial enlargement
  • Left atrial enlargement
  • Generalized muscle weakness
  • Myofiber disarray
  • Myocardial fibrosis
  • Biventricular hypertrophy
  • Tremor