Main clinical features of the three mapped autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies and estimated proportion of each form in 13 Brazilian families

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Passos Bueno, M R ^a   Moreira, E S ^a   Marie, S K ^a   Bashir, R ^b   Vasquez, L ^a   Love, D R ^c   Vainzof, M ^a   Iughetti, P ^a   Oliveira, J R ^a   Bakker, E ^d   Strachan, T ^b   Bushby, K ^b   Zatz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy; Genetic heterogeneity; Muscular dystrophy; Severe childhood autosomal

Indexed keywords

ADHALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19144370503     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.2.97     Document Type: Article

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