Nemaline rod myopathy: A rare form of myopathy

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Sharma, M ^a   Gulati, S ^a   Atri, S ^a   Seth, R ^a   Kalra, V ^a   Das, T ^a   Sarkar, C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital myopathies; Histochemistry; Muscle diseases; Nemaline rod myopathy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 33846965567     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.30433     Document Type: Article

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