A novel γ-sarcoglycan mutation causing childhood onset, slowly progressive limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Van der Kooi, A J ^a   De Visser, M ^a   Van Meegen, M ^a   Ginjaar, H B ^b   Van Essen, A J ^c   Jennekens, F G I ^d   Jongen, P J H ^e   Leschot, N J ^a   Bolhuis, P A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Dept Obstet Gynaecol Acad H   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Sarcoglycan; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 13; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; SARCOGLYCANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031926620     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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