Detection of the CTG repeat expansion in congenital myotonic dystrophy

Japanese Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Ohya, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Tachi, Nobutada ^a   Sato, Toshiya ^a,d   Kon, Shinichiro ^a,d   Kikuchi, Kokichi ^a,b   Chiba, Shunzo ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ASAHIKAWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

congenital form; genetic anticipation; myotonic dystrophy (DM); parental bias; trinucleotide (CTG) repeat mutation

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0030920838     PISSN: 09168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02766919     Document Type: Article

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