Prevalence of congenital myopathies in a representative pediatric united states population

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 662-665

  Amburgey, Kimberly ^a   McNamara, Nancy ^a   Bennett, Lindsey R ^b   McCormick, M Eileen ^c   Acsadi, Gyula ^d   Dowling, James J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e 5019 BSRB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RYANODINE RECEPTOR 1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORE DISEASE; CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL FIBER TYPE DISPROPORTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMINICORE DISEASE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CHILD; GENETICS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855404652     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22510     Document Type: Article

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