FSHD-like patients without 4q35 deletion

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-93

  Yamanaka, Gaku ^a,b   Goto, Kanako ^a   Ishihara, Tadayuki ^c   Oya, Yasushi ^d   Miyajima, Tasuku ^b   Hoshika, Akinori ^b   Nishino, Ichizo ^a   Hayashi, Yukiko K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hakone National Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Chromosome 4q35; Deletion; EcoRI fragment; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD); Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE MUSCLE; FAMILY; FASCIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LIMB; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SYMPTOM; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTROPHIN; FACIES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL;

EID: 1642487857     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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