Sarcoglycanopathies: An enigmatic form of muscular dystrophy - A report of 7 cases

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 446-449

  Sharma, M C ^a   Mannan, R ^a   Singh, N G ^a   Gulati, S ^a   Kalra, V ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; LGMD; Muscle immunohistochemistry; Muscular dystrophy; Sarcoglycanopathy; SCARMD

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSFERLIN; DYSTROPHIN; EMERIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; MEROSIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SARCOGLYCANOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 12144252502     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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