Chromosome 4q;10q translocations; comparison with different ethnic populations and FSHD patients

BMC Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Matsumura, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Goto, Kanako ^a   Yamanaka, Gaku ^a,c   Lee, Je Hyeon ^d   Zhang, Cheng ^e   Hayashi, Yukiko K ^a   Arahata, Kiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Takara Korea Biomed Incorporation   (South Korea)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 10; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOSOMY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRISOMY; ANEUPLOIDY; CHINA; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 4; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 2642534599     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-2-7     Document Type: Article

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