| Term Name: | megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy |
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| Synonyms: | congenital megaconial myopathy, congenital muscular dystrophy due to phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis defect, congenital muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities, megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy |
| Definition: | A congenital muscular dystrophy characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of early-onset muscle wasting and intellectual disability with enlarged mitochondria that are more prevalent towards the periphery of the fibers that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the CHKB gene on chromosome 22q13. |
| Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0110632] ( DOID:0110632 ) |