RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
Term:
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2W
An autosomal recessive muscle disorder characterized by onset of severe and progressive muscle weakness and atrophy in childhood, resulting in loss of independent ambulation. (OMIM)
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
LGMD2W; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE, WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY AND TRIANGULAR TONGUE; muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, type 2W