Bilateral extraocular muscle atrophy in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 759-760

  Yamashita, T ^a   Matsubara, E ^a   Nagano, I ^a   Shoji, M ^a   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DMPK GENE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4143145231     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000134678.45047.F4     Document Type: Article

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