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Frequency of the FKRP mutation c.826C>A in isolated hyperCKemia and in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2 in German patients

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    Frank Hanisch, Dörte Grimm, Stephan Zierz & Marcus Deschauer

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Hanisch, F., Grimm, D., Zierz, S. et al. Frequency of the FKRP mutation c.826C>A in isolated hyperCKemia and in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2 in German patients. J Neurol 257, 300–301 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5349-2

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