MYH7-related skeletal myopathy (MONDO_0008050) is a rare autosomal dominant distal myopathy characterized by preferential weakness of the great toe, ankle dorsiflexor, finger extensor and neck flexor. Progression is slow with variations in age of onset, severity, weakness, cardiac, and respiratory involvement. Also known as: Gowers disease, Laing distal myopathy, Laing early-onset distal myopathy, MPD1, distal myopathy type 1, myopathy distal, type 1, myopathy, distal, 1, myopathy, distal, early-onset, autosomal dominant.