Symptomatic distal myopathy with cardiomyopathy due to a MYH7 mutation

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 490-493

  Overeem, S ^a   Schelhaas, H J ^a   Blijham, P J ^a   Grootscholten, M I ^a   ter Laak, H J ^a   Timmermans, J ^a   van den Wijngaard, A ^b   Zwarts, M J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Distal myopathy; MYH7; Val606Met

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; METHIONINE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISTAL MYOPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

BIOPSY; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DISTAL MYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 34249084665     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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