Asymptomatic elevation of serum creatine kinase leading to the diagnosis of 4q35 facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1218-1219

  Zouvelou, Vasiliki ^a   Manta, Panagiota ^a   Kalfakis, Nikolaos ^a   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^a   Vassilopoulos, Demetris ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic hyperCKemia; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Muscle biopsy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL;

EID: 67650713617     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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