We report a new form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) in 4 patients from three unrelated families with probable autosomalrecessive inheritance. All patients had the clinical characteristics of merosinpositive congenital muscular dystrophy, but had marked mental retardation. The disease was slo
A new form of muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities
β Scribed by Kaori Ikemoto-Tsuchiya; Ichizo Nishino; Motoharu Kawai; Mitsunori Morimatsu; Ikuya Nonaka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
- DOI
- 10.1002/mus.1209
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