Identifying deletions in the dystrophin gene and detecting carriers in families with Duchenne's/Becker's muscular dystrophy;Identificación de deleciones en el gen de la distrofina y detección de portadoras en familias con distrofia muscular de Duchenne/Becker

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-70

  González Herrera, Lizbeth ^a   Gamas Trujillo, P A ^a   Garcia Escalante M G ^a   Castillo Zapata, I ^a   Pinto Escalante, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carriers; Deletions; DMD; Dystrophin; Mexico; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN; DMD PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION GENETICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EXON; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549109652     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4802.2008170     Document Type: Article

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