Detection of the survival motor neuron (SMN) genes by FISH: Further evidence for a role for SMN2 in the modulation of disease severity in SMA patients

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2525-2532

  Vitali, Tiziana ^a   Sossi, Vittorio ^a   Tiziano, Francesco ^a   Zappata, Stefania ^a   Giuli, Anna ^a   Paravatou Petsotas, Maria ^a   Neri, Giovanni ^a   Brahe, Christina ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; MOTONEURON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0032715473     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.13.2525     Document Type: Article

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