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Neuropediatrics 1976; 7(1): 101-110
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1091613
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© 1976 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Acute Myopathy in Three Brothers

J. C. Marcus, P. L. A. Bill
  • Departments of Paediatrics and Neurology, Coronation and Baragwanath Hospitals, Johannesburg/S. Africa
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1975

1975

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Three brothers are reported who presented simultaneously with acute myopathy, which resolved rapidly. Muscle biopsy showed vacuolar degeneration, with no inflammatory changes. An echo virus was grown from the stools of two of them. Their course, together with that of a fourth brother, who had an acute illness with rash, lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly, suggests a possible viral aetiology.

Myopathy - vacuolar degeneration - echo virus

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