Co-existence of nemaline and cytoplasmic bodies in muscle of an infant with nemaline myopathy

Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-298

  Suwa, Kiyotaka ^a   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a   Momoi, Mariko Y ^a   Nakamura, Minako ^b   Arima, Kunimasa ^b,c   Komaki, Hirofumi ^c   Nonaka, Ikuya ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital myopathy; Cytoplasmic body; Nemaline body; Z line

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEMALINE BODY; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE;

EID: 0036971642     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2002.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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