Nemaline rod and central core disease: A coexisting Z-band myopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 893-896

  Thomas, Chinnamma ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central core; Myofibrillar proteins; Myopathy; Nemaline rods; Z bands

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; DESMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTININ; ADULT; BIOPSY; DESMIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOFIBRILS; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; SARCOMERES;

EID: 0030993089     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7<893::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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