Myotonic dystrophy: Muscle involvement in relation to disease type and size of expanded CTG-repeat sequence

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 478-485

  Kroksmark, Anna Karin ^a   Ekström, Anne Berit ^b   Björck, Eva ^c   Tulinius, Már ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Northern Alvsborg Hospital   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; WALKING;

EID: 21244434282     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000927     Document Type: Article

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