Titin and centronuclear myopathy: The tip of the iceberg for TTN-ic mutations?

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1189-1190

  Dowling, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY; EDITORIAL; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONNECTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPATHIES, STRUCTURAL, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84888356966     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a6cc43     Document Type: Editorial

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