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Dok-7 myasthenia: phenotypic and molecular genetic studies in 16 patients.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 2008
Selcen Duygu, Milone Margherita, Shen Xin-Ming, Harper C Michel, Stans Anthony A, Wieben Eric D, Engel Andrew G
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OBJECTIVE: Detailed analysis of phenotypic and molecular genetic aspects of Dok-7 myasthenia in 16 patients. METHODS: We assessed our patients by clinical and electromyographic studies, by intercostal muscle biopsies for in vitro microelectrode analysis of neuromuscular transmission and quantitative electron microscopy EM of 409 end plates (EPs), and by mutation analysis, and expression studies of the mutants....
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