Six novel mutations in the emerin gene causing X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Human Mutation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 526-530

  Wulff, Karin ^a   Parrish, Julia E ^b   Herrmann, Falko H ^a   Wehnert, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerin gene; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0030912342     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1004(1997)9:6<526::aid-humu5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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