Intranuclear rod myopathy, a rare and morphologically striking variant of nemaline rod myopathy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Weeks, Douglas A ^a   Nixon, Randal R ^a   Kaimaktchiev, Vassil ^a   Mierau, Gary W ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Intranuclear rod myopathy; Nemaline rod myopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRANUCLEAR ROD MYOPATHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE;

EID: 0042170302     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120309933     Document Type: Article

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