Myotonic dystrophy - No evidence for preferential transmission of the mutated allele: A prenatal analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 127 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-53

  Zunz, Eran ^a   Abeliovich, Dvorah ^b   Halpern, Gabrielle J ^a   Magal, Nurit ^a,c   Shohat, Mordechai ^a,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Mutated allele; Myotonic dystrophy; Preferential transmission; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTHER; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3142677159     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20675     Document Type: Article

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