Congenital muscular dystrophy with central and peripheral nervous system involvement in a Belgian patient

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-256

  Belpaire Dethiou, M Cl ^a   Saito, K ^b   Fukuyama, Y ^b   Kondo Iida, E ^b,c   Toda, T ^c   Duprez, Th ^a   Verellen Dumoulin, C ^a   Van Den Bergh, P Y K ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Developmental brain defects; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CREATINE KINASE; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0033065201     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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