Are Dp71 and Dp140 brain dystrophin isoforms related to cognitive impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-41

  Moizard, Marie Pierre ^a   Billard, Catherine ^b   Toutain, Annick ^a   Berret, Françoise ^b   Marmin, Nadine ^a   Moraine, Claude ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b Centre de Pediatrie Clocheville   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Deletions; Dp140; Dp71; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Duplications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DNA PRIMERS; DYSTROPHIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031666477     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981102)80:1<32::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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