A newly-described myotonic disorder (proximal myotonic myopathy - PROMM): Personal experience and review of the literature

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 347-353

  Meola, G ^a   Sansone, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ion channel disorders; Myotonia; Myotonic dystrophy; Trinucleotide expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOGLOBINURIA; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOGLOBINURIA; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0030254878     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01999897     Document Type: Article

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