Deletion analysis and calpain status for carrier detection in a family with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 108, Issue SEPT., 1998, Pages 93-97

  Hussain, Tajamul ^a   Geetha Devi, N ^a   Kusuma Kumari, C ^a   Anandaraj, M P J S ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calpain; Carriers; Deletions; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Platelets; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CALPAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0344505801     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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