Congenital myopathy with abundant nemaline rods in a cat

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-191

  Kube, Stephanie A ^a   Vernau, Karen M ^b   LeCouteur, Richard A ^b   Mizisin, Andrew P ^c   Shelton, G Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Generalized weakness; Muscle; Protein aggregate myopathy; Tremors

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DYSTROPHIN; SPECTRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE;

EID: 33644967931     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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