Article
Sarcoglycanopathies: a clinico-pathological study.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Meena A K, Sreenivas D, Sundaram C, Rajasekhar R, Sita J S, Borgohain R, Suvarna A, Kaul S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by limb girdle weakness. There are no clear clinical features that distinguish various types of LGMD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 26 patients with chronic progressive weakness in limb girdle distribution without early facial involvement with muscle biopsies suggestive of dystrophy/myopathy and positive for...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Dystrophin
- Electromyography
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
- Phenotype
- Sarcoglycans
- Young Adult
