An Italian family with autosomal recessive quadriceps-sparing inclusion-body myopathy (ARQS-IBM) linked to chromosome 9p1

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-102

  Mirabella, M ^a   Christodoulou, K ^b   Di Giovanni, S ^a   Ricci, E ^a   Tonali, P ^a   Servidei, S ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

ARQS IBM; Filaments; Linkage; Myopathy; Quadriceps; Vacuoles

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 9; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; ITALY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RECESSIVE GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0034169151     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720070103     Document Type: Article

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