Large-scale population carrier screening for spinal muscular atrophy in israel-effect of ethnicity on the false-negative rate

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-324

  Sukenik Halevy, Rivka ^a   Pesso, Rachel ^b   Garbian, Noa ^b   Magal, Nurit ^a   Shohat, Mordechai ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Genetic Institute of Maccabi Health Insurance   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ALLELE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL;

EID: 77954897978     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0089     Document Type: Article

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