Spinal Muscular Atrophy-A Clinicopathologic Analysis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 687-691

  Radhakrishnan, V V ^a   Nair, M D ^a   Kuruvilla, A ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^b   Anandam, R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Inheritance; Kugelberg Welander disease; Spinal muscular atrophy; Werdnig Hoffmann disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031215439     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02726126     Document Type: Article

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