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Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC)-based prenatal diagnosis for tuberous sclerosis.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Apr 2001
Bénit P, Bonnefont J P, Kara Mostefa A, Francannet C, Munnich A, Ray P F
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Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a frequent autosomal-dominant condition (affecting 1 in 6000 individuals) caused by various mutations in either the hamartin (TSC1) or the tuberin gene (TSC2). This allelic and non-allelic heterogeneity makes genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis difficult, especially as a significant proportion of TSC cases are due to de novo mutations. For this reason the identification of the...
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