| Term Name: | myofibrillar myopathy 8 |
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| Definition: | A myofibrillar myopathy that is characterized by childhood onset of slowly progressive proximal muscle weakness and atrophy resulting in increased falls, gait problems, and difficulty running or climbing stairs, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the PYROXD1 gene on chromosome 12p12. |
| Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0080308] ( DOID:0080308 ) |