A small in-frame deletion within the protease domain of muscle-specific calpain, p94 causes early-onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2A
Karsten Häffner
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Fachbereich Chemie und Biotechnologie, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorChristoph Hübner
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Konrad Oexle
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Kinderklinik, Humboldt-Universität, Augustenburger Plate 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Fax: +49-30-45066920Search for more papers by this authorKarsten Häffner
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorAstrid Speer
Fachbereich Chemie und Biotechnologie, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorChristoph Hübner
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Konrad Oexle
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Rudolf Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Kinderklinik, Humboldt-Universität, Augustenburger Plate 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Fax: +49-30-45066920Search for more papers by this author
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