Basement membrane abnormality in merosin-negative congenital muscular dystrophy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Osari, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Osamu ^a   Yamashita, Yushiro ^c   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^c   Goto, Michiyo ^d   Tanabe, Yuzo ^e   Migita, Takuo ^f   Nonaka, Ikuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Chiba Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^e CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane abnormality; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Merosin negative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOFIBROSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SCHWANN CELL;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0029921917     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050433     Document Type: Article

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