Dystrophin deletions and cognitive impairment in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Giliberto, Florencia ^a   Ferreiro, Verónica ^a   Dalamon, Viviana ^a   Szijan, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DMD BMD patients; Dystrophin isoforms; Expression in CNS; Mental retardation; Mutation location

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSTROPHIN GENE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0842310824     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104773026589     Document Type: Article

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