Incidence of spinal muscular atrophy in Poland - More frequent than predicted?

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-157

  Jedrzejowska, Maria ^a   Milewski, Michal ^b   Zimowski, Janusz ^c   Zagozdzon, Pawel ^d   Kostera Pruszczyk, Anna ^e   Borkowska, Janina ^a   Sielska, Danuta ^b   Jurek, Marta ^b   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b Department of Medical Genetics   (United Kingdom)

^c Instytute of Psychiatry and Neurology   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carrier frequency; Incidence; SMN1 gene; SMN2 gene copy number; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN;

EID: 74249092473     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000275492     Document Type: Article

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