Unusual clinical presentations in patients harboring the facioscapulohumeral dystrophy 4q35 deletion

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 352-356

  Felice, Kevin J ^a   Moore, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 4; Distal myopathy; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Hereditary disorder; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL;

EID: 0035114546     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200103)24:3<352::AID-MUS1005>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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