Bird's eye view of myopathies in India

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-228

  Khadilkar, Satish ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTAL MYOPATHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSTROPHIN GENE; EDITORIAL; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE;

HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 56049118898     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.43438     Document Type: Editorial

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