Muscular dystrophies: An update on pathology and diagnosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-358

  Sewry, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Muscle pathology; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; ALPHA7 INTEGRIN; CALPAIN 3; CAVEOLIN 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; CONNECTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSFERLIN; DYSTROPHIN; EMERIN; FUKUTIN RELATED PROTEIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; LAMININ ALPHA2; LAMININ GAMMA1; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLECTIN; SARCOGLYCAN; UTROPHIN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LIPODYSTROPHY; MIYOSHI MYOPATHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 77956230877     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0727-5     Document Type: Review

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