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„Fingerprint inclusions” were observed in numerous muscle fibres of 3 cases of dystrophia myotonica studied by electron microscopy in two different laboratories. They consist of parallel or concentric palisades of short electron dense linear elements. Identical „fingerprint inclusions” were reported in two other clinical conditions and cannot therefore be regarded as specific for a particular muscle disease. Their origin and significance remain obscure.
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Tomé, F.M.S., Fardeau, M. „Fingerprint inclusions” in muscle fibres in dystrophia myotonica. Acta Neuropathol 24, 62–67 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691419
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