Nerve and muscle biopsy in a case of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type III with basal lamina onion bulbs

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-81

  Bornemann, A ^a   Hansen, F J ^b   Schmalbruch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amyelination; HMSN III; Muscle hypotonia; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030062105     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1996.1998019.x     Document Type: Article

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