Progression of somatic CTG repeat length heterogeneity in the blood cells of myotonic dystrophy patients

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-312

  Martorell, Loreto ^a   Monckton, Darren G ^b   Gamez, José ^c   Johnson, Keith J ^b   Gich, Ignasi ^a   Lopez De Munain, Adolfo ^d   Baiget, Montserrat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MOSAICISM; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031984489     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.2.307     Document Type: Article

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