Familial mixed congenital myopathy with rigid spine phenotype

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-417

  Reichmann, Heinz ^a   Goebel, Hans H ^b   Schneider, Christiane ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytoplasmic bodies; desmin related myopathy; hereditary myopathy; inclusion body myopathy; reducing bodies; rigid spine; tubulofilamentous plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINE DISEASE; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; DESMIN; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ORGANELLES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 0030907847     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<411::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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