Gene deletions in spinal muscular atrophy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Rodrigues, Nanda R ^a   Owen, Nicholas ^a   Talbot, Kevin ^a   Patel, Shobhna ^a,b   Muntoni, Francesco ^b   Ignatius, Jaakko ^c   Dubowitz, Victor ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

NAIP; SMN; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030020799     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.2.93     Document Type: Article

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