Congenital muscular dystrophy associated with merosin deficiency

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-295

  North, Kathryn N ^a   Specht, Linda A ^a   Sethi, Rajesh K ^a   Shapiro, Frederic ^a   Beggs, Alan H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0030018007     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100406     Document Type: Article

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