Inclusion Body Myopathy with Early-Onset Paget Disease with or without Frontotemporal
Dementia 1 - CISMeF
Inclusion Body Myopathy with Early-Onset Paget Disease with or without Frontotemporal
Dementia 1NCIt concept
Preferred Label : Inclusion Body Myopathy with Early-Onset Paget Disease with or without Frontotemporal
Dementia 1;
NCIt synonyms : IBMPFD1;
NCIt definition : A rare autosomal dominant inherited disorder caused by mutations in the VCP gene.
It can affect the muscles, bones, and brain. Patients may develop myopathy that initially
involves the muscles of the hips and shoulders and as the disorder progresses it may
affect the cardiac and respiratory muscles, leading to life-threatening cardiac and
pulmonary failure. Approximately half of the adults develop Paget disease of bone,
and approximately one-third develop frontotemporal dementia.;