Familial muscle cramps with autosomal dominant transmission

European Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 207-212

  Van Den Bergh, P ^a   Bulcke, J A ^a   Dom, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dominant inheritance; EMG; Muscle biopsy; Muscle cramps; Muscle enzymes; Myogenic; Neurogenic

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEREDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ONSET AGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0018831192     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115148     Document Type: Article

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