Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in Uruguay

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Medici, Mario ^a   Pizzarossa, Carlos ^a   Skuk, Daniel ^a   Yorio, Diana ^a   Emmanuelli, Gustavo ^a   Mesa, Rosario ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Intranuclear inclusions; Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; URUGUAY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIOPSY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; URUGUAY;

EID: 0030817268     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00082-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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