Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: description of a phenotype.

doi:10.1002/mus.880171214

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Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: description of a phenotype.

Muscle & nerve - 1 Dec 1994

Stübgen J P

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The phenotype is reported of 20 patients with autosomal recessive or sporadic, pelvifemoral limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). Selective wasting of muscles was observed at the moderately advanced stage of illness. The pattern of weakness was uniform. Attention to clinical detail allowed the i...

Topics

Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Muscles
Muscular Dystrophies
Phenotype

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