Decreased expression of full-length mRNA for (c)BCD541 does not correlate with spinal muscular atrophy phenotype severity

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1266-1270

  Nishio, Hisahide ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^b   Lee, M J ^a   Fujii, M ^a   Kanda, F ^a   Jinnai, K ^c   Takahashi, K ^c   Takeshima, Y ^a   Wada, H ^a   Takada, S ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Matsuo, M ^a   Sumino, K ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Yakumo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0031004339     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1266     Document Type: Article

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