Correlation between distribution of muscle weakness, electrophysiological findings and CTG expansion in myotonic dystrophy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1123-1126

  Khoshbakht, Roya ^a   Soltanzadeh, Akbar ^a   Zamani, Babak ^a   Abdi, Siyamak ^a   Gharagozli, Kourosh ^b   Kahrizi, Kimia ^c   Khoshbakht, Rahem ^d   Nafissi, Shahriar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; CTG expansion; Exercise; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CTG EXPANSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900990060     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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