Late onset muscular dystrophy with cerebral white matter changes due to partial merosin deficiency

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-89

  Tan, Ersin ^a,e   Topaloglu, Haluk ^b   Sewry, Caroline ^c   Zorlu, Yasar ^d   Naom, Isam ^c   Erdem, Sevim ^a   D'Alessandro, Mariella ^c   Muntoni, Francesco ^c   Dubowitz, Victor ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Neuromuscular Dis Res Laboratory   (Turkey)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Tepecik Social Workers Hospital   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Leukoencephalopathy; Merosin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6Q; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0030990635     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(96)00421-X     Document Type: Article

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