The role of immunocytochemistry and linkage analysis in the prenatal diagnosis of merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-540

  Naom, Isam ^a   D'Alessandro, Mariella ^a   Sewry, Caroline ^a   Ferlini, Alessandra ^a   Topaloglu, Haluk ^b   Helbling Leclerc, Anne ^c   Guicheney, Pascale ^c   Schwartz, Ketty ^c   Akcoren, Zuhal ^b   Dubowitz, Victor ^a   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LAMININ; MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0030901279     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050402     Document Type: Article

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