Intragenic deletions in the dystrophin gene in 211 Pakistani Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-166

  Hassan, Muhammad J ^a   Mahmood, Saqib ^a,b   Ali, Ghazanfar ^a   Bibi, Nazia ^a   Waheed, Ishrat ^a   Rafiq, Muhammad A ^c   Ansar, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Wasim ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Intragenic deletions; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSTROPHIN GENE; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DYSTROPHIN; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 40949143249     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02538.x     Document Type: Article

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