Screening for C283Y γ-sarcoglycan mutation in a high-risk group of Bulgarian Gypsies: Evidence for a geographical localization and a non-random distribution among Gypsy subgroups

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-221

  Todorova, Albena ^a   Tournev, Ivailo ^b   Ninova, Nadya ^a   Georgieva, Veneta ^b   Kremensky, Ivo ^a  

^a University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology 'Maichin Dom' Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Sarcoglycan; C283Y mutation; Gypsy population; LGMD2C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIPSY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 18744367505     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066687     Document Type: Article

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