Merosin negative congenital muscular dystrophy: A short report

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 417-419

  Ralte, A M ^a   Sharma, M C ^a   Gulati, S ^a   Das, M ^a   Sarkar, C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Merosin deficiency

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MEROSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MEROSIN DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; WHITE MATTER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMININ; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0348143404     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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