Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in the Netherlands: gene defect identified in half the families.

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Published in Neurology on June 12, 2007

Authors

A J van der Kooi1, W S Frankhuizen, P G Barth, C J Howeler, G W Padberg, F Spaans, A R Wintzen, J H J Wokke, G-J B van Ommen, M de Visser, E Bakker, H B Ginjaar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.j.kooi@amc.uva.nl

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