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Generalized muscle weakness

Known as: Muscle weakness, diffuse, Generalized weakness, Muscle weakness (generalized) 
A reduction in the strength of muscles in multiple anatomic sites.
National Institutes of Health

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Bartter syndrome, type 3Central Core Myopathy (disorder)Congenital Fiber Type DisproportionEichsfeld type congenital muscular dystrophy

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Review
2011
Review
2011
[Collagen VI-related muscle disorders].
Collagen VI-related muscle disorders include severe Ullrich's disease (Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy:UCMD) and milder… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Selective Diaphragm Muscle Weakness After Contractile Inactivity During Thoracic Surgery
Rationale:Postoperative pulmonary complications are significant contributors to morbidity in patients who have undergone upper… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Defects in amphiphysin 2 (BIN1) and triads in several forms of centronuclear myopathies
Myotubular myopathy and centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are congenital myopathies characterized by generalized muscle weakness and… 
2005
2005
Characterization of MTM1 mutations in 31 Japanese families with myotubular myopathy, including a patient carrying 240kb deletion in Xq28 without male hypogenitalism
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Ullrich disease: Collagen VI deficiency: EM suggests a new basis for muscular weakness
Ullrich disease is a form of congenital muscular dystrophy characterized clinically by generalized muscle weakness, contractures… 
2002
2002
Congenital muscular dystrophy with adducted thumbs, ptosis, external ophthalmoplegia, mental retardation and cerebellar hypoplasia: a novel form of CMD
2002
2002
Infantile progressive bulbar palsy with deafness
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Myotubularin, a phosphatase deficient in myotubular myopathy, acts on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate pathway.
Myotubular myopathy (MTM1) is an X-linked disease, characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness… 
1997
1997
Identification and characterization of a mouse homologue of the spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene, survival motor neuron.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Acquired myasthenia gravis. Selective involvement of esophageal, pharyngeal, and facial muscles.
Serum samples from 152 dogs with a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic megaesophagus without detectable generalized muscle weakness… 
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