The facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1) gene affects males more severely and more frequently than females

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Zatz, Mayana ^a   Marie, Suely K ^a   Cerqueira, Antonia ^a   Vainzof, Mariz ^a   Pavanello, Rita C M ^a   Passos Bueno, Maria Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Male female penetrance; Maternal paternal transmission

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032079336     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980501)77:2<155::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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