Proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM) clinical variability within a family;Proximale myotone Myopathie (PROMM). Klinische Variabilitat innerhalb einer Familie

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Volumn 68, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 839-844

  Eger, Katharina ^a   Schulte Mattler, W J ^a   Zierz, S ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract; Myopathy; Myotonia; Myotonic dystrophy (DM); Proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BRAIN; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030668072     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050203     Document Type: Article

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