Sibling concordance for clinical features of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 814-821

  Pettygrove, Sydney ^a   Lu, Zhenqiang ^a,b   Andrews, Jennifer G ^b   Meaney, F John ^b   Sheehan, Daniel W ^c   Price, Elinora T ^b   Fox, Deborah J ^d   Pandya, Shree ^e   Ouyang, Lijing ^f   Apkon, Susan D ^g   Powis, Zoe ^b   Cunniff, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Becker muscular dystrophy; Cardiomyopathy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Scoliosis; Sibling features

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SIBLING;

AMBULATION; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SIBLING FEATURES;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84900482079     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24078     Document Type: Article

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