Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles is allelic to hereditary inclusion body myopathy

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1689-1693

  Nishino, Ichizo ^a   Noguchi, S ^a   Murayama, K ^a   Driss, A ^a   Sugie, K ^a   Oya, Y ^b   Nagata, T ^c   Chida, K ^c   Takahashi, T ^d   Takusa, Y ^e   Ohi, T ^f   Nishimiya, J ^b   Sunohara, N ^g   Ciafaloni, E ^h   Kawai, M ^b   Aoki, M ⁱ   Nonaka, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Iwate Hospital   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^g Sunohara Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL MYOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOPATHY; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037058765     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000041631.28557.C6     Document Type: Article

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