Congenital muscular dystrophy with partial deficiency of merosin

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-27

  Tachi, Nobutada ^a   Kamimura, Shigeki ^b   Ohya, Kazuhiro ^b   Chiba, Shunzo ^b   Sasaki, Kimio ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sapporo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Partial deficiency of merosin

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCAN; MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LAMININ; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0030928086     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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