The frequency of limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A in northeastern Italy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-224

  Fanin, Marina ^a,b   Nascimbeni, Anna Chiara ^a,b   Fulizio, Luigi ^a,b   Angelini, Corrado ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calpain 3; Genetic epidemiology; LGMD2A; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN 3;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 13844275664     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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