Molecular analysis of two pre-mutations in myotonic dystrophy

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-357

  Yamagata, Hidehisa ^a   Kinoshita, Masanobu ^b   Komori, Tetsuo ^c   Kondo, Ikuko ^a   Miki, Tetsuro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTG repeat expansion; DMPK gene; Myotonic dystrophy; Pre mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0031786139     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1998.5440416.x     Document Type: Article

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