Hutterite brothers both affected with two forms of limb girdle muscular dystrophy: LGMD2H and LGMD2I

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 978-982

  Frosk, Patrick ^a   Del Bigio, Marc R ^a   Wrogemann, Klaus ^a   Greenberg, Cheryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fukutin related protein (FKRP); Hutterites; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD); Tripartite motif containing protein 32 (TRIM32)

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FUKUTIN; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN; TRIPARTITE MOTIF CONTAINING PROTEIN 32; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LGMD2H GENE; LGMD2I GENE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIM32 GENE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; SIBLINGS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23644442927     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201436     Document Type: Article

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