Abstract
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is known as a rare automsomal dominant disease. A family is reported suggesting that there may be genetic heterogeneity in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and that in some families the mode of inheritance may be autosomal recessive.
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