Myopathy and polyneuropathy in an adolescent with the kyphoscoliotic type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2311-2316

  Voermans, N C ^a,c   Bonnemann C G ^b   Lammens, M ^a   Van Engelen, B G ^a   Hamel, B C J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LETTER; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEVO SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; CONSANGUINITY; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 70349478683     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32997     Document Type: Letter

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