Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy with mental retardation and cerebellar cysts unlinked to the LAMA2, FCMD and MEB loci

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 548-552

  Talim, Beril ^a   Ferreiro, Ana ^b   Cormand, Bru ^c   Vignier, Nicolas ^b   Oto, Aytekin ^a   Göǧüş, Safiye ^a   Cila, Ayşenur ^a   Lehesjoki, Anna Elina ^c   Pihko, Helena ^c   Guicheney, Pascale ^b   Topaloǧlu, Haluk ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cyst; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Mental retardation; Secondary merosin deficiency

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033792462     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(00)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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