Analysis of dystrophin gene deletions by multiplex PCR in eastern India

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-311

  Basak, Jayasri ^a   Dasgupta, Uma ^a   Banerjee, Tapas ^b   Senapati, Asit ^c   Das, Shyamal ^c   Mukherjee, Subhash ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b PEERLESS HOSPITAL   (India)

^c BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

BMD; Deletion; DMD; Dystrophin gene; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 33748416495     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.27164     Document Type: Article

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