Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy: Correlation of phenotype by electroretinography with sites of dystrophin mutations

Human Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 2-9

  Pillers, De Ann M ^a   Fitzgerald, Kathleen M ^c   Duncan, Nancy M ^a   Rash, Sean M ^a   White, Robert A ^c   Dwinnell, Shannon J ^a   Powell, Berkley R ^d   Schnur, Rhonda E ^e   Ray, Peter N ^f,g   Cibis, Gerhard W ^c   Weleber, Richard G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; B WAVE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032847088     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004399900111     Document Type: Article

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