Parental age effects, but no evidence for an intrauterine effect in the transmission of myotonic dystrophy type 1

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 646-653

  Morales, Fernando ^a,b   Vásquez, Melissa ^a   Cuenca, Patricia ^a,b   Campos, Domingo ^a   Santamaría, Carolina ^a   Del Valle, Gerardo ^c   Brian, Roberto ^d   Sittenfeld, Mauricio ^e   Monckton, Darren G ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Curridabat   (Costa Rica)

^d Hospital Nacional de Ninos   (Costa Rica)

^e Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Costa Rica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COSTA RICAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; MOTHER; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; ADULT; AGE; COSTA RICA; FAMILY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INHERITANCE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; COSTA RICA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84928056677     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.138     Document Type: Article

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