Early ultrastructural changes in the central nervous system in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Yamamoto, Tomoko ^a   Shibata, Noriyuki ^a   Kanazawa, Miho ^a   Kobayashi, Makio ^a   Komori, Takashi ^b   Kondo, Eri ^a   Saito, Kayoko ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Central nervous system; Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030944752     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129709021933     Document Type: Article

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