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Basal lamina abnormality in the skeletal muscle of Walker-Warburg syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Feb 2000
Vajsar J, Ackerley C, Chitayat D, Becker L E
Abstract excerpt
The basal lamina of skeletal muscle fibers has been reported to be thinned and disrupted in patients with Fukuyama and laminin-alpha-2-deficient congenital muscular dystrophies. The basal lamina is normal in other, later-onset, muscular dystrophies, but the plasma membrane is disrupted. It is unknown whether the dystrophic process in Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is characterized by a basal laminal abnormality, a...
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