Dystrophin gene analysis on 130 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy with a special reference to muscle mRNA analysis

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Ikezawa, Makoto ^a,b   Minami, Narihiro ^a   Takahashi, Miyuki ^a   Goto, Yu Ichi ^a   Miike, Teruhisa ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin gene; Exon skipping; Insertion; Reverse transcription polpmerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYSTROPHIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; GENOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031955191     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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