Article Information
- Received October 9, 2000
- Revision received February 5, 2001
- Accepted February 8, 2001
- First published May 1, 2001.
- Version of record published May 1, 2001.
Author Information
- 1Division of Clinical Neuromuscular Research and Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Surgical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland,
- 2Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, and
- 3Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York 10591
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Disclosures
- Received October 9, 2000.
- Revision received February 5, 2001.
- Accepted February 8, 2001.
This work was supported by the Association Française contre les Myopathies (France) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (A.C.K. and J.T.), and by the National Institutes of Health (J.R.S. and R.W.B.). A Spanish version of this work has been awarded the Coris Gruart Prize to J.T. We thank B. King, D. Monnier, D. Perrelet, and R. Vejsada for their assistance throughout this work.
Correspondence should be addressed to Ann Kato, Division of Clinical Neuromuscular Research and Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Surgical Intensive Care, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. E-mail:Ann.Kato{at}medecine.unige.ch.
Dr. Terrado's present address: Departamento de Medicina y Cirugı́a Animal. Facultad Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud. Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU. 46113, Moncada-Valencia, Spain.






