Myopathy with muscle spindle excess: A new congenital neuromuscular syndrome?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 138-143

  Midroni, Gyl ^a   Moulton, Richard ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthrogryposis; Congenital myopathy; Congenital neuroblastoma; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Muscle spindle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE SPINDLE EXCESS; MYOPATHY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROBLASTOMA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035158125     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<138::AID-MUS22>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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