Paternal inheritance or a de novo mutation in a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy pedigree from South India

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Purushottam, Meera ^a   Ram Murthy, A ^a   Shubha, G N ^a   Gayathri, N ^a   Nalini, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Deletion; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INHERITANCE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 40749126449     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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