Genotype-phenotype correlation in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients seen at Lucknow

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 105, Issue JAN., 1997, Pages 32-38

  Mittal, B ^a   Singh, V ^a   Mishra, S ^a,b   Sinha, S ^a,c   Mittal, R D ^a   Chaturvedi, L S ^a   Danda, S ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Border type analysis; Dystrophin gene; Frame shift deletions; Inframe deletions; Intragenic deletions; Reading frame hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DELETION MUTANT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031015581     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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