Muscular dystrophies due to alterations at extracellular space level: Merosin deficient congenital muscular dystrophy;Distrofias musculares por alteracion en el espacio extracelular: Distrofia muscular congenita por deficit de merosina

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Smeyers, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Extracellular matrix; Laminin; Merosin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; LAMININ; MEROSIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNDROME;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LAMININ; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033573606     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2802.98363     Document Type: Review

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