Phenotype of combined Duchenne and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 579-582

  Korngut, Lawrence ^a   Siu, Victoria M ^b   Venance, Shannon L ^c   Levin, Simon ^b   Ray, Peter ^d   Lemmers, Richard J L F ^e   Keith, Julia ^c   Campbell, Craig ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Severe phenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 46649094765     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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