Genetic testing for Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy in Johannesburg, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 999-1004

  Kerr, R ^a   Robinson, C ^b   Essop, F B ^a,b   Krause, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Duchenne Becker muscular dystrophy; Festschrift; Human genetics; MLPA; Trefor Jenkins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84889643350     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7274     Document Type: Article

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