Deletion patterns in Argentine patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 409-414

  Baranzini, Sergio E ^a   Giliberto, Florencia ^a   Herrera, Mariana ^d   Bernath, Viviana ^d   Barreiro, Cristina ^b   Erro, Marcela Garcia ^c   Grippo, Jorge ^c   Szijan, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d Lab de Biol Molec Diagnostica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Deletions; Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031775579     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740539     Document Type: Article

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