Presence of emerinopathy in cases of rigid spine syndrome

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 502-507

  Kubo, Shinichiro ^a,b   Tsukahara, Toshifumi ^a   Takemitsu, Masakazu ^c   Yoon, Kim Bong ^a   Utsumi, Hiroya ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^a   Arahata, Kiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hakodate Central General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emerin; Emerinopathy; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Molecular genetic diagnosis; Rigid spine syndrome

Indexed keywords

EMERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; THYMOPOIETINS;

EID: 0032190898     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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