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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Nature
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) has its onset during early adulthood to middle age. It first affects muscles of eyelid and throat. There is a slow progression with swallowing problems common as disease progresses.
Broader
Muscular dystrophy
Type
(G) Very specific problems