The ABC's of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: α-sarcoglycanopathy, Bethlem myopathy, calpainopathy and more

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 567-573

  Gordon, Erynn S ^a   Hoffman, Eric P ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CAVEOLIN; COHESIN; DYSFERLIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ALPHA SARCOGLYCANOPATHY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BETHLEM MYOPATHY; CALPAINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSFERLINOPATHY; INHERITANCE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REVIEW; TELETHONINOPATHY;

CALPAIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 0034793617     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200110000-00004     Document Type: Review

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