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. 2012 Apr;114(3):230–234. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.10.022

Table 2.

FSHD clinical onset: the predominant types.a

Facio-scapulo-humeral onset
 Scapulo-humeral symptoms 80/122
  M/F 56/24
  Age at onset 24 years (range: 5–60)
  Unilateral 32/80
  Bilateral 48/80
  Signs of facial weakness 78/80
  Eco RI fragment (mean) 24 kb (range: 14–38)
 Facial symptoms 8/122
  M/F 3/5
  Age at onset 8 (range: 4–23)
  Signs of scapulo-humeral weakness 8/8
  Eco RI fragment (mean) 18 kb (range: 14–30)



Foot drop onset 16/122
 M/F 9/7
 Age at onset 27 (range: 10–53)
 Unilateral 12/16
 Bilateral 4/16
 Signs of scapulo-humeral weakness 14/16
 Signs of facial weakness 15/16
 Eco RI fragment (mean) 27 kb (range: 19–38)
a

The onset type represented in the table concerns 104 out of 122 patients