Prenatal diagnosis of Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy by microsatellite analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 320-323

  Takai, Yasushi ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Harada, Ikuko ^a   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^a   Kashima, Takeshi ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiro ^b   Toda, Tatsushi ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain malformation; Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD); Polymorphism analysis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031914041     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.320     Document Type: Article

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