Childhood neuromuscular disorders: A decade's experience in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-280

  Salih, M A M ^a,c   Mahdi, A H ^a   Al Jarallah, A A ^a   Al Jarallah, A S ^a   Al Saadi, M ^a   Hafeez, M A ^b   Aziz, S A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0029951302     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747838     Document Type: Article

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