Congenital muscular dystrophy in Arab children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 400-405

  Habeeb, Yousif K R ^a,c   Al Bloushi, Maliha ^a   Al Jumah, Eman S ^a   De Souza, Thomas M ^b   Moosa, Allie ^a,b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LAMININ ALPHA2; MEROSIN;

ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINITY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ARABS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMININ; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33745956255     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00104     Document Type: Article

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