Welander hereditary distal myopathy, a molecular genetic comparison to hereditary myopathies with inclusion bodies

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-114

  Åhlberg, Gabrielle ^a   Borg, Kristian ^a   Edström, Lars ^a   Anvret, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosomes 9 and 2; Hereditary inclusion body myopathy; Welander distal myopathy

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOT; GENE MAPPING; HAND MUSCLE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SWEDEN; TIBIA; WELANDER DISTAL MYOPATHY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOT; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HAND; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0032055022     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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