Two cases of chromosome 4q35-linked early onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy with mental retardation and epilepsy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 239-241

  Miura, K ^a   Kumagai, T ^a   Matsumoto, A ^a   Iriyama, E ^b   Watanabe, K ^c   Goto, K ^d   Arahata, K ^d  

^a Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b Internal Medicine of Mitsubishi Nagoya Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD); Epilepsy; Mental retardation; Ophthalmoplegia; Tongue atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4Q; DNA PROBE; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA PROBES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031670986     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973568     Document Type: Article

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