Prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1187-1198

  Abbs, Stephen ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Becker; Duchenne; Dystrophin; Muscular dystrophy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030453801     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199612)16:13<1187::AID-PD94>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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