Dysferlinopathy: A clinical and histopathological study of 28 patients from India

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-385

  Nalini, A ^a   Gayathri, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Distal myopathy; Dysferlinopathy; LGMD2B; Miyoshi myopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSFERLIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; DISTAL MYOPATHY; DYSFERLINOPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MIYOSHI MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CREATINE KINASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049124813     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.40964     Document Type: Article

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