Mutation analysis in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients from Bulgaria shows a peculiar distribution of breakpoints by intron

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-43

  Todorova, Albena ^a   Bronzova, Juliana ^a   Miorin, Marta ^b   Rosa, Maurizio ^b   Kremensky, Ivo ^a   Danieli, Gian Antonio ^b  

^a University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology 'Maichin Dom' Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; breakpoints; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; dystrophin deletions; dystrophin duplications

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BULGARIA; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COHORT STUDIES; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION;

EID: 0029795153     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961002)65:1<40::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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