Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a localized or restricted variety of muscular
dystrophy, characterized by bilateral ptosis, myopathic facies, external ophthalmoplegia and …

An Italian male aged 50 years with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is reported. Eleven
of his relatives, over a period of three generations, had ptosis, dysphagia, nasal voice and …

Familiar occurrence of late onset bilateral ptosis was reported by Dufil (1892), but the first
systematic description of the clinical picture was given by Taylor (1915). He reported a …

Objectives–Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy was first described by Taylor in 1915. A
substantial number of cases have been reported from North America, the disorder being …

IN 1915 Professor EW Taylor1 called attention to an unusual familial form of dysphagia with
ptosis of the eyelids. These symptoms were slowly progressive, leading eventually to death …

Some clinical variants of oculopharyngeal dystrophy are known; a rare form is described in
this article: the early-adult form of oculopharyngodistal myopathy. The diagnosis was made …

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is an autosomal dominant transmitted condition seen
mainly in French Canada. The largest number of publications on these patients concerns a …

A case of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in an elderly woman of French-Canadian
background presenting with dysphagia is discussed. Typical features of the clinical …

A sporadic case of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy occurred in a 74-year-old woman is
described. High levels of IgA and IgG in the serum, and esophageal smooth muscle …

Two patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, in whom the pharynx and
esophagus were examined at necropsy, are presented. It is postulated that the dysphagia in …