Similarity of DMD gene deletion and duplication in the Chinese patients compared to global populations

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wang, Xiaozhu ^a,b   Wang, Zheng ^c   Yan, Ming ^a,b   Huang, Shangzhi ^c   Chen, Tian Jian ^a,e   Zhong, Nanbert ^a,b,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d Institute for Basic Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME SIZE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149087381     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-4-20     Document Type: Article

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