Frequency and stability of the myotonic dystrophy type 1 premutation

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 328-335

  Martorell, Loreto ^a   Monckton, D G ^b   Sanchez, A ^c   Lopez de Munain, A ^d   Baiget, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035852858     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.3.328     Document Type: Article

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