Congenital muscular dystrophy: A review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-280

  Leyten, Q H ^a   Gabreels F J M ^b   Renier, W O ^b   Ter Laak, H J ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral white matter hypodensity; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Epilepsy; Eye abnormality; Merosin; Muscle biopsy; Muscle eye brain disease; Structural brain abnormality; Walker Warburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

EID: 0030297361     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(96)00043-1     Document Type: Review

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