The clinical and molecular genetic approach to Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy: An updated protocol

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 805-812

  Van Essen, Anthonie J ^a   Kneppers, Alexander L J ^b   Van Der Hout, Annemieke H ^a   Scheffer, Hans ^a   Ginjaar, Ieke B ^b   Ten Kate, Leo P ^c   Van Ommen, Gert Jan B ^b   Buys, Charles H C M ^a   Bakker, Egbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Laboratory diagnosis; Mutation

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSAICISM; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030846611     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.10.805     Document Type: Article

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