The enigma of 7q36 linked autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 834-839

  Sandell, Satu ^a,b   Huovinen, Sanna ^b   Sarparanta, Jaakko ^c   Luque, Helena ^c   Raheem, Olayinka ^b   Haapasalo, Hannu ^b   Hackman, Peter ^c   Udd, Bjarne ^b,c,d  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 7; FAMILY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; PEDIGREE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955764770     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.192351     Document Type: Article

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