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City Oxford / / IndustryTerm food sticking / metal bars / food / / MedicalCondition Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy / double vision / aspiration pneumonia / muscular dystrophy / Limb muscle weakness / dementia / common progressive muscle weakness / dysphagia / external ophthalmoplegia / autosomal dominant disorder / Mitochondrial disorders / diabetes / chest infection / progressive external ophthalmoplegia / cut / severe dysphagia / deafness / CPEO / muscle disease / chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia / eyelid muscle weakness / disorder / Mitochondrial myopathy / epilepsy / Mild dysphagia / diplopia / either oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy / / MedicalTreatment Physiotherapy / / Person D.Hilton-Jones / / Position suitably experienced neurologist / specialist / but rarely causes any particular problems / speech therapist / dietician / Consultant Neurologist / Oxford / dietitian / genetic counsellor / Consultant Neurologist / /
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) The term muscular dystrophy is used to cover a wide range of conditions which have in common progressive muscle weakness due to an inherited genetic defect (mutation). There is huge variation in