Carrier frequency of SMA by quantitative analysis of the SMN1 deletion in the Iranian population

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-162

  Hasanzad, M ^a,b   Azad, M ^c   Kahrizi, K ^a   Saffar, B S ^a   Nafisi, S ^d   Keyhanidoust, Z ^e   Azimian, M ^a   Refah, A A ^a   Also, E ^f   Urtizberea, J A ^g   Tizzano, E F ^f   Najmabadi, H ^a,c  

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

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Kariminejad Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Iranian population; Quantitative real time PCR; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMN 1 GENE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN;

EID: 73449116062     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02693.x     Document Type: Article

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