Myopathy describes disorders of the muscles that cause them to function less effectively. Myopathies can be inherited or acquired, and the symptoms may be present from birth or develop later on.

Researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene. University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: ...

Myopathy is a general medical term used to describe a group of disorders that affect skeletal muscle fibers, leading to muscle weakness. Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are a group of rare and ...

With the advent of the novel massive parallel sequencing (MPS) technologies, we have developed a new targeted resequencing approach, which allows the simultaneous analysis of 20 genes implicated in ...

Myopathy is a common term for a muscle disease that is unrelated to any disorder of innervation or neuromuscular junction, with a wide range of possible etiologies. Practically all types of myopathy ...