Camptocormia as presenting sign in myofibrillar myopathy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 987-989

  Renard, Dimitri ^a   Castelnovo, Giovanni ^a   Fernandez, Carla ^b   De Paula, Andre Maues ^b   Penttilä, Sini ^c   Suominen, Tiina ^c   Udd, Bjarne ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Axial myopathy; Distal myopathy; Myofibrillar myopathy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DESMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFIBRILLAR MYOPATHY; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIGH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; MYOFIBRILS; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 84868134398     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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