Prediction of Myotonic Dystrophy Clinical Severity Based on the Number of Intragenic [CTG]n Trinucleotide Repeats

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-347

  Gennarelli, M ^a   Novelli, G ^a,b   Andreasi Bassi, F ^b   Martorell, L ^f,g   Cornet, M ^f,g   Menegazzo, E ^c   Mostacciuolo, M L ^c   Martinez, J M ^f,g   Angelini, C ^c   Pizzuti, A ^d   Baiget, M ^f,g   Dallapiccola, B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Hospital Sant Pau   (Spain)

^g Servei de Neurologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA; Myotonic dystrophy; Predictive diagnosis; CTG repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPAIN;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029807830     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961111)65:4<342::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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