Pattern of deletions of the dystrophin gene in Mexican Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients: The use of new designed primers for the analysis of the major deletion "hot spot" region

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-246

  Coral Vázquez, Ramón ^a,b   Arenas, Diego ^a,b,c   Cisneros, Bulmaro ^a   Peñaloza, Laura ^d   Salamanca, Fabio ^b   Kofman, Susana ^e   Mercado, Rosalio ^e   Montañez, Cecilia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c Campus Iztacala UNAM   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Deletions distribution; Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene; Mexican patients; New designed primers; PCR amplification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEXICO; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0030963078     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970613)70:3<240::aid-ajmg5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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