Monosomy of distal 4q does not cause facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 366-370

  Tupler, Rossella ^a   Berardinelli, Angela ^a   Barbierato, Laura ^a   Frants, Rune ^b   Hewitt, Jane E ^c   Lanzi, Giovanni ^a   Maraschio, Paola ^a   Tiepolo, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4q35 monosomy; FSHD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOSOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030009384     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.5.366     Document Type: Article

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