Clinical course correlates poorly with muscle pathology in nemaline myopathy

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 665-673

  Ryan, M M ^a,b   Ilkovski, B ^b   Strickland, C D ^a   Schnell, C ^b   Sanoudou, D ^a   Midgett, C ^a   Houston, R ^d   Muirhead, D ^d   Dennett, X ^e   Shield, L K ^f   De Girolami, U ^a,g   Iannaccone, S T ^c   Laing, N G ^h   North, K N ^b,i   Beggs, A H ^a,g  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Australian Neuromuscular Res Inst   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; GLYCOGEN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0037465365     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000046585.81304.BC     Document Type: Article

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