CTG repeat size and histologic findings of skeletal muscle from patients with congenital myotonic dystrophy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 430-432

  Tachi, Nobutada ^a,c   Kozuka, Naoki ^a   Ohya, Kazuhiro ^b   Chiba, Shunzo ^b   Kikuchi, Kokichi ^b  

^a School of Health Science   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THOMSEN DISEASE;

EID: 0029845451     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100602     Document Type: Article

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