Optimized protein diagnosis in the autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 443-446

  Anderson, Louise V B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calpain 3; Dystrophin; Laminin; Muscular dystrophy; Sarcoglycan

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; DYSTROPHIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY; CALPAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTROPHIN; EXTREMITIES; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LAMININ; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MASS SCREENING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030477156     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(96)00385-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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