Article
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: reappraisal of a rejected entity.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Aug 1994
van der Kooi A J, de Visser M, Barth P G
Abstract excerpt
The term limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) has been introduced to delineate a distinct form of muscular dystrophy with predominantly proximal upper and lower extremity weakness. Families with evidence of both autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant modes of inheritance have been described....
Topics
- Adult
- Arm
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Creatine Kinase
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dystrophin
- Genotype
- Glycoproteins