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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

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1. n. a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant Source: wordnet

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progresses adulthood affects age autosomal begins common disease dominant dystrophy early eyelid first form inheritance middle muscles muscular problems slowly swallowing throat

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