Carrier frequency of the c.525delT mutation in the SGCG gene and estimated prevalence of limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C among the moroccan population

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 253-256

  El Kerch, Fatiha ^a   Ratbi, Ilham ^a,b   Sbiti, Aziza ^a   Laarabi, Fatima Zohra ^a   Barkat, Amina ^c   Sefiani, Abdelaziz ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Centre National de Reference en Neonatologie et en Nutrition   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOROCCO; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SGCG GENE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; MUTATION;

SARCOGLYCAN; SGCG PROTEIN, HUMAN;

FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOROCCO; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, LIMB-GIRDLE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 84897498787     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2013.0326     Document Type: Article

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