Molecular characterisation of duchenne muscular dystrophy and phenotypic correlation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Mital, Aperna ^a   Kumari, Daman ^a   Gupta, Meena ^b   Goyle, Shobha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

cDNA; DMD; Dystrophin; mPCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0032493112     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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