Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , January 2012

Distal myopathies – New genetic entities expand diagnostic challenge

  • Bjarne Udd

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Department of Neurology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vasa, Finland. Tel.: +358 3 31169169; fax: +358 6 3232888.

Received 19 August 2011 ,Revised 2 October 2011 ,Accepted 4 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.10.003

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , January 2012

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