Spiral Membrane Cylinders in the Skeletal Muscle of a Patient with Melorheostosis

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Journal Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol

Specialty Neurology

Date 1980 Jan 1

PMID 7374913

Citations 3

Authors

J McDougall

C M Wiles

R H EDWARDS

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Abstract

Spiral membrane cylinders have been found in the quadriceps muscle of a patient with melorheostosis. These structures were confined to type II fibres in the leg affected by the bone disease. The possible origins of such structures are discussed.

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