Congenital fibre type disproportion a time-locked diagnosis: A clinical and morphological follow-up study

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Bartholomeus, Mariëlle G T ^a   Gabreëls, Fons J M ^a   Ter Laak, Henk J ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Congenital fibre type disproportion; Congenital myopathy; Histology; Lobulated fibres

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL FIBER TYPE DISPROPORTION; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOPATHY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, STRUCTURAL, CONGENITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343294313     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(00)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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