See Also: nemaline myopathy(medicine)
nemaline(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
myopathy(medicine)
rod myopathy(medicine)
centronuclear myopathy(medicine)
thyrotoxic myopathy(medicine)
ocular myopathy(medicine)
carcinomatous myopathy(medicine)
myotubular myopathy(medicine)

nemaline myopathy (medicine)


nemaline myopathy


A congenital myofibrillar abnormality in which small threadlike or rod-shaped bodies are scattered through the muscle fibres. It is marked by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness. It is also called rod myopathy with reference to the threadlike (greek nema, thread) rods or myofibrils (latin fibrilla, a little fibre or threadlike structure).