Merosin positive congenital muscular dystrophy with severe involvement of the central nervous system

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-326

  De Stefano, Nicola ^a,b   Dotti, Maria Teresa ^a   Villanova, Marcello ^a   Scarano, Gioacchino ^b   Federico, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Associazione Anni Verdi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Merosin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030198051     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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