Identification of proximal spinal muscular atrophy carriers and patients by analysis of SMN(T) and SMN(C) gene copy number

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1411-1422

  McAndrew, P E ^a   Parsons, D W ^a   Simard, L R ^b   Rochette, C ^b   Ray, P N ^c   Mendell, J R ^a   Prior, T W ^a   Burghes, A H M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030985898     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515465     Document Type: Article

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