Variable clinical phenotype in merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy associated with differential immunolabelling of two fragments of the laminin α2 chain

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Sewry, C A ^a   Naom, I ^a   D'Alessandro, M ^a   Sorokin, L ^b   Bruno, S ^a   Wilson, L A ^a   Dubowitz, V ^a   Muntoni, F ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Laminin; Laminin 2; Merosin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LAMININ; MEROSIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6Q; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030918601     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00425-2     Document Type: Article

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