Frequency of intergenerational contractions of the CTG repeats in myotonic dystrophy

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-487

  Lopez De Munain A ^a   Cobo, A M ^a   Saenz A ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Poza, J J ^a   Martorell, L ^b   Marti Masso J F ^a   Baiget, M ^b  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^b Molecular Genetics Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

CTG intergenerational contraction; genetics; myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 10244229687     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:5<483::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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