Common recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophies differential diagnosis: why and how?

Limb girdle muscular dystrophies are heterogeneous autosomal hereditary neuromuscular disorders. They produce dystrophic changes on muscle biopsy and they are associated with mutations in several genes involved in muscular structure and function. Detailed clinical, laboratorial, imaging, diagnostic...

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Main Authors: Ana Cotta, Elmano Carvalho, Antonio Lopes da-Cunha-Júnior, Júlia Filardi Paim, Monica M. Navarro, Jaquelin Valicek, Miriam Melo Menezes, Simone Vilela Nunes, Rafael Xavier Neto, Reinaldo Issao Takata, Antonio Pedro Vargas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2014-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000900721&lng=en&tlng=en