Proportion and pattern of dystrophin gene deletions in North Indian Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-208

  Singh, Vinita ^a   Sinha, Shirish ^a   Mishra, Sudhish ^a   Chaturvedi, Lakshmi Shankar ^a   Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Mittal, Rama Devi ^a   Mittal, Balraj ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0031034656     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050340     Document Type: Article

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