Myotonic dystrophy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1316-1319

  Tramonte, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Burns, Ted M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THOMSEN DISEASE;

ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 23844476136     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.8.1316     Document Type: Article

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