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  • Title: Clinical features of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy among Bukhara Jews.
    Author: Blumen SC, Nisipeanu P, Sadeh M, Asherov A, Tomé FM, Korczyn AD.
    Journal: Neuromuscul Disord; 1993; 3(5-6):575-7. PubMed ID: 8186715.
    Abstract:
    Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), a late onset autosomal dominant myopathy, is common among the French-Canadians and the Jews from Bukhara (Uzbekistan); most clinical histologic and genetic data published until now, as well as the recently suggested diagnostic criteria, are based on studies among the former. We studied 79 patients with OPMD belonging to the newly described Jewish-Bukhara cluster. The disease began between the ages of 21 and 78 yr (median 53 yr). In 11 patients (15%) it began before the age of 40. Ptosis was the first symptom in 59 patients and dysphagia in the remaining 20. Eight patients (10%) were monosymptomatic (ptosis) after more than 7 yr from the start of the disease; however, other family members had additional signs/symptoms. The patients belong to 29 families; in 26 age-dependent autosomal dominant inheritance could be documented. Among them there is certain evidence for genetic anticipation. This clinical study is the largest published concerning patients other than French-Canadians.
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