Recent studies on oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in Quebec

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^a   Brais, Bernard ^b   Brunet, Denis ^a   Gould, Peter V ^a   Rouleau, Guy A ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Electromyography (EMG); Muscle pathology; Nerve involvement; Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD); Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPHAGIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; QUEBEC; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0030775367     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00077-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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