Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: a Report of a Large Family with 11 Affected Individuals

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  • Abbas Tafakhori Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital and Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Azadeh Ahmadifard Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hossein Darvish Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Javad Jamshidi Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
  • Zeinab Falsafi Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital and Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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volume 5  issue None

pages  196- 198

publication date 2016-07

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