Four new polymorphisms in the human dystrophin gene from an Argentinian population

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1451-1453

  Baranzini, Sergio Enrique ^a,b   Lenk, Uwe ^c   Szijan, Irena ^a,b   Speer, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Polymorphism; Single strand confirmation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0030880391     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1451::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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