Schwartz-Jampel syndrome: Clinical, electromyographic and genetic studies

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Ishpekova, B ^a   Rasheva, M ^a   Moskov, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b Laboratory of Molecular Pathology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; SCHWARTZ JAMPEL SYNDROME;

BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029985598     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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