Multicore myopathy presenting in adulthood with respiratory failure

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-369

  Zeman, Adam Z J ^a   Dick, D J ^a   Anderson, J R ^b   Watkin, S W ^c   Smith, I E ^d   Shneerson, J M ^d  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

minicore; multicore; myopathy; respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOFIBRILS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031018240     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<367::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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