Congenital fiber type disproportion: A rare type of congenital myopathy: A report of four cases

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-256

  Sharma, M C ^a   Ralte, A M ^a   Atri, S K ^a   Gulati, S ^a   Kalra, V ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital fiber type disproportion; Congenital myopathy; Enzyme histochemistry; Muscle; Myopathic disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL FIBER TYPE DISPROPORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOPATHY; BIOPSY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, STRUCTURAL, CONGENITAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 4344682618     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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