Muscle pathology in myotonic dystrophy: Light and electron microscopic investigation in eighteen patients

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-129

  Nadaj Pakleza, A ^a,b   LUsakowska A ^a   Sulek Pitkowska A ^c   Krysa, W ^c   Rajkiewicz, M ^c   Kwiecinski H ^a   Kaminska, A ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^d POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Myotonic dystrophy; Nuclear clumps

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959743610     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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