Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2C: Clinical aspects

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 493-494

  Hamida, M Ben ^a   Hamida, Ch Ben ^a   Zouari, M ^a   Belal, S ^a   Hentati, F ^a  

^a Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

sarcoglycan variability; sarcoglycan deficiency; Chromosome 13; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCOGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGE OF ONSET; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; EXTREMITIES; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0030466607     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(96)00395-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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