Isolated progressive muscle weakness with tubular aggregates

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-54

  Alonso Losada, G ^a   Cimas, I ^a   Pego, R ^b   La Torre, P ^c   Teijeira, S ^a   Navarro, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Myopathy; Proximal weakness; Tubular aggregates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; SARCOLEMMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFIBRILS; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0031940140     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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