Hypomethylation is restricted to the D4Z4 repeat array in phenotypic FSHD

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1018-1026

  De Greef, J C ^a   Wohlgemuth, M ^b   Chan, O A ^a   Hansson, K B ^a   Smeets, D ^b   Frants, R R ^a   Weemaes, C M ^b   Padberg, G W ^b   Van Der Maarel, S M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FACE MALFORMATION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 34548392207     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000271391.44352.fe     Document Type: Article

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