GNE myopathy (MONDO_0011603, a Monarch Disease Ontology id) is nonaka distal myopathy (described in Japan) and the quadriceps-sparing autosomal recessive inclusion body myopathy type 2 (IBM2; independently described in Iranian Jews and later in other Jewish and non-Jewish populations) constitute the same pathological entity, distinguished by the sparing of quadriceps. Also known as: DMRV, HIBM2, IBM2, Nonaka myopathy, distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles, distal myopathy, Nonaka type, hereditary inclusion body myopathy type 2, inclusion body myopathy autosomal recessive.