Proximal myotonic myopathy: Clinical, neuropathologic, and molecular genetic features

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-146

  Eisenschenk, S ^a   Triggs, W J ^a   Pearl, G S ^a   Rojiani, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myotonic dystrophy (DM); Polymerase chain reaction; Proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM); Southern blot; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CREATINE KINASE; DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL MYOTONIC MYOPATHY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0035053838     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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