Molecular study of spinal muscular atrophy patients with hybrid genes in Bulgaria

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-326

  Kremensky, I ^a   Jankova, S ^a   Bochukova, E ^a   Uzunova, M ^b   Litvinenko, I ^a   Jordanova, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b University Paediatric Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULGARIA; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BULGARIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 0033040748     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005512306358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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