Variable cardiac in involvement in Tunisian siblings harboring FKRP gene mutations

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-115

  Kefi, Mounir ^a   Amouri, R ^a   Chabrak, S ^b   Mechmeche, R ^b   Hentati, Faycal ^a  

^a Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Fukutin related protein gene (FKRP); LGMD21; MDC1C

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOSINE; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 21 PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SIBLINGS; TUNISIA;

EID: 50649107669     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081465     Document Type: Article

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