On a case of respiratory failure due to diaphragmatic paralysis and dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with nemaline myopathy

Nemaline myopathy is a rare congenital disease that generally occurs in childhood. We report a case of a 50-year-old man who presented with severe heart failure as the initial manifestation of nemaline myopathy. Soon after he developed acute restrictive respiratory failure due to the diaphragmatic p...

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Main Authors: TAGLIA, ANTONELLA, D'AMBROSIO, PAOLA, PALLADINO, ALBERTO, POLITANO, LUISA
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pacini Editore SpA 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3631801/