Preserved umbilical cord facilitates antenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-418

  Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Arora, Sadhna ^b   Maria, Arti ^b   Aggarwal, Rajiv ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Spinal muscular atrophy Type I

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; DNA; EDETIC ACID; PROTEINASE K; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0038587493     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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