Immunofluorescence study of a muscle biopsy from a 1-year-old patient with Walker-Warburg syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 651-654

  Villanova, Marcello ^a   Sabatelli, Patrizia ^b   He, Yi ^c   Malandrini, Alessandro ^a   Petrini, Stefania ^d   Maraldi, Nadir M ^b,d   Merlini, Luciano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Immunocytochemistry; Laminin; Muscle; Walker Warburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LAMININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SARCOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CASE REPORT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMININ; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 0031739835     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050947     Document Type: Article

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