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Allele-specific amplification for the diagnosis of autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Feb 1999
Ravard-Goulvestre C, Boucly C, Mathieu B, Van Amerongen G, Viollet L, Estournet B, Barois A, de Mazancourt P
Abstract excerpt
The SMN1 gene is homozygously deleted for at least exon 7, interrupted or converted to a non-functional telomeric copy in most cases of proximal spinal muscular atrophies. The presence of a pseudogene hampers direct detection of the exon 7 deletion. We describe a method for the detection of the of exon 7 deletion, based on the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS), in a multiplex PCR with...
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