Distal myopathies

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 561-566

  Udd, Bjarne ^a,b   Griggs, Robert ^c  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; DESMIN; DYSFERLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTAL MYOPATHY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MIYOSHI MYOPATHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SARCOMERE;

HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0034788380     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200110000-00003     Document Type: Review

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