Carrier detection in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy Argentine families

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 503-511

  Baranzini, Sergio E ^a   Giliberto, Florencia ^a   Dalamon, Viviana ^a   Barreiro, Cristina ^b   García Erro, Marcela ^c   Grippo, Jorge ^c   Szijan, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; DMD carrier; Haplotype; STR loci

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ARGENTINA (FISH);

EID: 0032421067     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb03771.x     Document Type: Article

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