Fatal congenital myopathy with actin filament deposits

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-108

  Bornemann, Antje ^a,c   Petersen, Minna Bloch ^b   Schmalbruch, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Congenital myopathy; Muscle pathology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOPATHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ACTINS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0029953779     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050496     Document Type: Article

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