Muscle Pain as the Only Presenting Symptom in a Girl With Dystrophinopathy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-66

  Ceulemans, Berten P ^a   Storm, Katrien ^a   Reyniers Jr , Edwin ^a   Callewaert, Luc ^b   Martin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTROPHINOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; PAIN; PEDIGREE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36549001649     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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