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Identification of five new mutations and three novel polymorphisms in the muscle chloride channel gene (CLCN1) in 20 Italian patients with dominant and recessive myotonia congenita. Mutations in brief no. 118. Online.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1998
Sangiuolo F, Botta A, Mesoraca A, Servidei S, Merlini L, Fratta G, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant myotonia congenita or Thomsen's disease and autosomal recessive myotonia congenita or Becker's are rare nondystrophic disorders due to allelic mutations of the muscle chloride channel gene, CLCN1. We have analysed all 24 exons of the CLCN1 gene, in a panel of 20 unrelated patients (9 with dominant and 11 with recessive mytotonia congenita). We have found five novel mutations including two...
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