[Western type cerebro-muscular dystrophy and congenital merosin deficiency muscular dystrophy: two terms for the same disorder].

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[Western type cerebro-muscular dystrophy and congenital merosin deficiency muscular dystrophy: two terms for the same disorder].

Revista de neurologia - 1 Sept 1998

Castro-Gago M, Novo-Rodríguez M I, Pintos-Martínez E, Alonso-Martín A, Morales-Redondo R, Eirís-Puñal J

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INTRODUCTION: Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) are a clinically heterogeneous group of muscular disorders characterized by hypotonia, muscle weakness and early or congenital joint contractures. Electromyography reveals a myopathic pattern, creatine-kinase (CK) may be moderately elevated and muscle biopsy shows pathological changes consistent with a dystrophic process. OBJECTIVE: Report the cases of two...

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