Detection of spinal muscular atrophy carriers in a sample of the Brazilian population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Bueno, K C ^a   Gouvea, S P ^a   Genari, A B ^a   Funayama, C A ^a   Zanette, D L ^a   Silva Jr , W A ^a   Oliveira, A B ^c   Scola, R H ^b   Werneck, L C ^b   Marques Jr , W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography; SMN1 gene; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951561463     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324156     Document Type: Article

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