Welander distal myopathy is not linked to other defined distal myopathy gene loci

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 256-260

  Åhlberg, Gabrielle ^a   Borg, Kristian ^a   Edström, Lars ^a   Anvret, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allelic heterogeneity; Exclusion mapping; Linkage; Welander distal myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 2; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINLAND; FOOT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIYOSHI MYOPATHY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030924321     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(97)00451-3     Document Type: Article

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