Comparative study on deletions of the dystrophin gene in three asian populations

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 552-555

  Lai, P S ^a   Takeshima, Y ^b   Adachi, K ^b   Van Tran, K ^b   Nguyen, H Thi ^c   Low, P S ^a   Matsuo, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Institute for Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asian populations; Deletion frequencies; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin gene; Japanese; Singaporean; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; VIET NAM;

ASIA; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036033570     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380200084     Document Type: Article

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