Association between loss of Dp140 and cognitive impairment in Duchenne and Becker dystrophies

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-30

  Chamova, T ^a   Guergueltcheva, V ^a   Raycheva, M ^a   Todorov, T ^b,c   Genova, J ^b   Bichev, S ^c   Bojinova, V ^a   Mitev, V ^c   Tournev, I ^a,d   Todorova, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b Genetic Medico Diagnostic Laboratory Genica   (Bulgaria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) Dystrophin (DMD) gene; Cognitive impairment; Dp140 isoform; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Dystrophinopathies; Intermediate muscular dystrophy (IMD)

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSTROPHINOPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMEDIATE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84903556036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13110160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2013-0014     Document Type: Article

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