We read with interest the report of Frydman et al. [1995] who described a child with DMD whose father had idiopathic hyperCKemia. We have been following another family in which both DMD and presumed idiopathic hyperCKemia are seen, in which for several years there was confusion in the genetic counse
Duchenne muscular dystrophy and idiopathic hyperCKemia segregating in a family
β Scribed by Frydman, Moshe ;Straussberg, Rachel ;Shomrat, Ruth ;Goebel, Hans ;Legum, Cyril ;Shiloh, Yossi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 371 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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