Sarcolemmal defect and subsarcolemmal lesion in a patient with γ- sarcoglycan deficiency

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 807-809

  Li, Mian ^a,b   Dickson, Dennis W ^a   Spiro, Alfred J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0031895574     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.807     Document Type: Article

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