Myotonic dystrophy phenotype without expansion of (CTG)n repeat: An entity distinct from proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM)?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 715-721

  Abbruzzese, Claudia ^a   Krahe, Ralf ^b,e   Liguori, Michele ^a   Tessarolo, Daniela ^a   Siciliano, Michael J ^b   Ashizawa, Tetsuo ^c,d   Giacanelli, Manlio ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CTG repeat; Myotonic dystrophy; Phenocopy; Proximal myotonic myopathy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL MYOTONIC MYOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 0029824913     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00873977     Document Type: Article

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