Respiratory insufficiency as a presenting symptom of LGMD2D in adulthood

Acta Myologica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Walter, M C ^a,b   Dekomien, G ^c   Schlotter Weigel, B ^a   Reilich, P ^a   Pongratz, D ^a   Muller Felber W ^a   Epplen, J T ^c   Huebner, A ^a   Lochmüller, Hanns ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

LGMD2D; Muscular dystrophy; Respiratory insufficiency; Sarcoglycanopathy; SGCA gene

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN; CREATINE KINASE; DNA; DYSFERLIN; DYSTROPHIN; MEROSIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AGE OF ONSET; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 2642573589     PISSN: 11282460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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