Homozygous female becker muscular dystrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1052-1055

  Fujii, Katsunori ^a   Minami, Narihiro ^b   Hayashi, Yukiko ^b   Nishino, Ichizo ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^b   Tanabe, Yuzo ^c   Takanashi, Jun Ichi ^d   Kohno, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Homozygous mutations

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 66949161474     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32808     Document Type: Article

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