Investigating the pathology of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1335-1338

  Brown, Susan C ^a   Piercy, Richard J ^b,c   Muntoni, Francesco ^b   Sewry, Caroline A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerin; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD); Heart; Lamin

Indexed keywords

EMERIN; LAMIN A;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; MUTATION;

EID: 59149085566     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0361335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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