Calpainopathy presenting as foot drop in a 41 year old

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-410

  Burke, G ^a   Hillier, C ^b   Cole, J ^b   Sampson, M ^c   Bridges, L ^c   Bushby, K ^d   Barresi, R ^d   Hammans, S R ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calpain 3; Calpainopathy; CAPN3 mutation; Foot drop; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A

Indexed keywords

DNA; CALPAIN; CAPN3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALPAINOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WESTERN BLOTTING; EXON; FOOT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; CREATINE KINASE; DNA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXONS; FOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 77953152701     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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