Deletions in the survival motor neuron gene in Iranian patients with spinal muscular atrophy

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-141

  Hasanzad, Mandana ^a,b,c   Golkar, Zahra ^a   Kariminejad, Roxana ^a   Hadavi, Valeh ^a   Almadani, Navid ^a   Afroozan, Fariba ^a   Salahshurifar, Iman ^a   Shafeghati, Yousef ^c   Kahrizi, Kimia ^c   Najmabadi, Hossein ^a,c,d  

^a Kariminejad Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d National Prenatal Reference Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iranian patients; SMNI

Indexed keywords

DNA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON 1 GENE;

EID: 64549129635     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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