Which myopathies cause respiratory failure?
• Some muscular dystrophies (Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle, Emery–Dreifuss, myotonic, †† Respiratory failure may be the presenting feature.congenital)
• Acid maltase deficiency †
• Carnitine deficiency
• Nemaline myopathy †
• Mitochondrial myopathy
• Centronuclear myopathy †
• PM/DM
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