Mutations in TPM3 are a common cause of congenital fiber type disproportion

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-337

  Clarke, Nigel F ^a   Kolski, Hanna ^b   Dye, Danielle E ^c   Lim, Esther ^c   Smith, Robert L L ^d   Patel, Rakesh ^e   Fahey, Michael C ^f   Bellance, Rémi ^g   Romero, Norma B ^h   Johnson, Edward S ⁱ   Labarre Vila, Annick ^j   Monnier, Nicole ^j   Laing, Nigel G ^c   North, Kathryn N ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL FIBER TYPE DISPROPORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYOPATHY; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TPM3 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYOPATHIES, STRUCTURAL, CONGENITAL; PEDIGREE; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 41849085932     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21308     Document Type: Article

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