Familial facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: Phenotypic diversity and genetic abnormality

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Nakagawa, M ^a,c   Higuchi, I ^a   Yoshidome, H ^b   Isashiki, Y ^a   Ohkubo, R ^a   Kaseda, S ^a   Iwaki, H ^b   Fukunaga, H ^b   Osame, M ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minami Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FHSD; Genetic abnormality; Perivascular cell infiltration; Phenotypic diversity; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0029987148     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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