| Literature DB >> 1427789 |
S Niemann-Seyde1, R Slomski, F Rininsland, U Ellermeyer, J Kwiatkowska, J Reiss.
Abstract
A total of 56 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and 11 Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) patients was analyzed by extended "multiplex" amplification of the DMD/BMD gene; deletions were found in 60% of these patients. The data obtained were used to test the frameshift hypothesis and to compare the distribution of familial versus isolated cases. A significant correlation was found between deletions and isolated cases. Additional experiments were performed in order to determine the deletion breakpoints more precisely. These data are a prerequisite for carrier analysis in the respective families by detection or exclusion of aberrant cDNA fragments derived from ectopic lymphocyte RNA. This diagnostic technique is illustrated by 5 examples.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1427789 DOI: 10.1007/bf00210746
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132