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Rimmed vacuoles in biopsied muscle of nemaline myopathy

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A case of nemaline myopathy with rimmed vacuoles was presented. Muscle biopsy revealed type I fiber predominance with type grouping, thus suggesting that neurogenic factors played a pathologic role in the degenerative change.

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  1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku 602, Kyoto, Japan

    Y. Takeuchi, H. Iwami, F. Inoue, S. Iino, H. Yoshioka & T. Kusunoki

  2. Dept. of Neurology, Utano National Hospital, 8 Narutaki-Ondoyama-chō, Ukyo-ku 616, Kyoto, Japan

    K. Saida

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  1. Y. Takeuchi
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Takeuchi, Y., Iwami, H., Inoue, F. et al. Rimmed vacuoles in biopsied muscle of nemaline myopathy. Acta Neuropathol 68, 253–255 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00690203

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