Dystrophin gene deletions in South Indian Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Mallikarjuna Rao, G N ^b   Hussain, T ^b   Geetha Devi, N ^a   Jain, Suman ^a   Chandak, G R ^a,c,d   Ananda Raj, M P J S ^a,c,d  

^a Dept of Molecular Genetics ^*

^b Ctr DNA Finger Printing Diagn H   (India)

^c Lepra Blue Peter Res Inst H   (India)

^d CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX ROLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS;

DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 0642305200     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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