Rapid and accurate diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-261

  Goto, Kanako ^a   Nishino, Ichizo ^a   Hayashi, Yukiko K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome 4q35; D4Z4; EcoRI fragment; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Genetic diagnosis; PCR; Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33645971656     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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