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Gene deletion patterns in spinal muscular atrophy patients with different clinical phenotypes.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2000
Haider M Z, Moosa A, Dalal H, Habib Y, Reynold L
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by degeneration of lower motor neurons. We have assayed deletions in two candidate genes, the survival motor neuron (SMN) and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) genes, in 108 samples, of which 46 were from SMA patients, and 62 were from unaffected subjects. The SMA patients included 3 from Bahrain, 9 from South Africa, 2 from...
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