A rare case of sporadic Gower Laing: Early adultonset distal myopathy type III (MDP I) presenting to a medical ward in northern Sri Lanka is presented here. A 39-year-old female present with difficulty in walking from age 10 and was investigated leading to the above diagnosis. This is a rare autosomal dominant distal myopathy and there have been no similar cases reported from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, as well as in Sri Lanka.
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