Methylation of the CpG sites in the myotonic dystrophy locus does not correlate with CTG expansion size or with the congenital form of the disease

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 700-703

  Spits, Claudia ^a   Seneca, S ^a,b   Hilven, P ^a   Liebaers, I ^a,b   Sermon, K ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 77957757124     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2009.074211     Document Type: Article

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