Brain alterations in the classical form of congenital muscular dystrophy. Clinical and neuroimaging follow-up of 12 cases and correlation with the expression of merosin in muscle

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 604-610

  Trevisan, Carlo P ^a   Martinello, Francesco ^a   Ferruzza, Emilia ^a   Fanin, Marina ^a   Chevallay, Martine ^b   Tomé, Fernando M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Classical type; CNS involvement; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Follow up; Laminin; Merosin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; MEROSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMININ; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029847378     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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