Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in the Netherlands: Gene defect identified in half the families

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2125-2128

  Van Der Kooi, A J ^a,f   Frankhuizen, W S ^b   Barth, P G ^a   Howeler, C J ^c   Padberg, G W ^d   Spaans, F ^c   Wintzen, A R ^b   Wokke, J H J ^e   Van Ommen, G J B ^b   De Visser, M ^a   Bakker, E ^b   Ginjaar, H B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN 3; CAVEOLIN 3; DYSFERLIN; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALPAIN; CAVEOLIN 3; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS;

EID: 34250360577     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264853.40735.3b     Document Type: Article

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