Quantitative analyses of SMN1 and SMN2 based on real-time lightcycler PCR: Fast and highly reliable carrier testing and prediction of severity of spinal muscular atrophy

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 358-368

  Feldkötter, Markus ^a   Schwarzer, Verena ^a   Wirth, Radu ^a   Wienker, Thomas F ^a   Wirth, Brunhilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SMN1; PROTEIN SMN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036154959     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338627     Document Type: Article

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