Quantitative studies on SMN1 gene and carrier testing of spinal muscular atrophy

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 599-602

  Chen, Wan Jin ^a   Wu, Zhi Ying ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Lin, Min Ting ^b   Mu Rong, Shen Xing ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Neurology Science   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Real time fluorescence quantitative PCR; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SMN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN;

EID: 29244439913     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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