Evaluation of heart involvement in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy (LGMD2C). A study of ten patients

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 560-566

  Calvo, Francisco ^a   Teijeira, Susana ^a   Fernandez, Jose M ^b   Teijeiro, Alfonso ^a   Fernandez Hojas, Roberto ^a   Fernandez Lopez, Xesus A ^a   Martin, Enrique ^a   Navarro, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

Author keywords

C283Y mutation; Gamma sarcoglycanopathy; Heart involvement; LGMD2C

Indexed keywords

SARCOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA SARCOGLYCANOPATHY; GIPSY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033789275     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(00)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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