CTG-repeat length in distal and proximal leg muscles of symptomatic and non-symptomatic patients with myotonic dystrophy: Relation to muscle strength and degree of histopathological abnormalities

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-346

  Hedberg, Birgitta ^a   Anvret, Maria ^a   Ansved, Tor ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CTG repeat; Histopathology; Myotonic dystrophy; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG MUSCLE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033008673     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630341.x     Document Type: Article

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