Adolescent spinal muscular atrophy with calf hypertrophy and a deletion in the SMN gene

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 930-932

  Yiu, Eppie M ^a   Ravat, Sangeeta ^b   Ryan, Monique M ^a   Shield, Lloyd K ^a   Smith, Lindsay J ^c   Kornberg, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Hypertrophy; Pediatric adolescent; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALF HYPERTROPHY; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMN GENE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 46249083792     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21013     Document Type: Article

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