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SMA prenatal diagnosis: a modified protocol to help differentiation between deletions and gene conversion.

K Kekou1, C Sofocleous2, G Konstantinidis2, H Fryssira2, A Mavrou2, S Kitsiou2, E Kanavakis2.   

Abstract

In SMA, unusual findings such as deletions restricted only to SMN1 exon 8, inspite of honozygous SMN1 exons 7-8 deletions in the family, may obscure final diagnosis. Application of a modified PCR procedure allowed discrimination between a deletion or a gene conversion event in a case of prenatal diagnosis.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Gene conversion; Prenatal; SMA; SMN1; SMN2

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Year:  2014        PMID: 25308401     DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2014.10.001

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Mol Cell Probes        ISSN: 0890-8508            Impact factor:   2.365


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