Emery-Dreifuss syndrome

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-425

  Tsuchiya, Yuichi ^a   Arahata, Kiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; THYMOPOIETIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030802651     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199710000-00011     Document Type: Review

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