X-Linked myotubular myopathy - A long-term follow-up study

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Barth, Peter G ^a   Dubowitz, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital myopathy; X Linked myotubular myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0031960938     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1090-3798(98)01004-9     Document Type: Article

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