Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: An interval study of weakness and functional impairment

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Stübgen, Joerg Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease progression; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 40949163484     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e318163c5ba     Document Type: Article

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