Differences in carrier frequency between mothers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-50

  Lee, Tomoko ^a   Takeshima, Yasuhiro ^a   Kusunoki, Noriko ^a   Awano, Hiroyuki ^a   Yagi, Mariko ^a   Matsuo, Masafumi ^b   Iijima, Kazumoto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; carrier frequency; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; dystrophin; mutations

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION;

DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION;

EID: 84893284893     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.119     Document Type: Article

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