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From: Centronuclear (myotubular) myopathy

Figure 2

Muscle biopsy from the quadriceps taken at 3 months of age from a girl with X-linked centronuclear ("myotubular") myopathy due to a mutation in the myotubularin (MTM1) gene and extremely skewed X-inactivation, H&E stain, transverse section. Note marked variability in fibre size, moderate increase in connective tissue and numerous central nuclei.

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