Clinical profile and molecular diagnosis in patients of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy from Indian subcontinent

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-440

  Tamhankar, Parag M ^a   Phadke, Shubha R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

4q35; BlnI; EcoRI; facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA PROBE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INDIAN; MALE; MYOPATHY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PERONEUS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955070658     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.66456     Document Type: Article

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