Direct detection of exon deletions/duplications in female carriers of and male patients with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1435-1438

  Frisso, Giulia ^a   Carsana, Antonella ^a   Tinto, Nadia ^a   Calcagno, Giuseppe ^a   Salvatore, Francesco ^a   Sacchetti, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3242812887     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.033795     Document Type: Article

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