Myopathy of distal lower limbs: The clinical variant of Miyoshi

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 946-949

  Soares, Cristiane N ^a,c   De Freitas, Marcos R G ^a   Nascimento, Osvaldo J M ^a   Da Silva, Lenilda Ferreira ^a   De Freitas, Andréa R ^a   Werneck, Lineu C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distal muscular dystrophy; Dysferlin; Miyoshi myopathy; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSFERLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2P; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LEG MUSCLE; MIYOSHI DISTAL DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0347519076     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000600011     Document Type: Article

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