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Screening of dystrophin gene deletions in Egyptian patients with DMD/BMD muscular dystrophies.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Effat L K, El-Harouni A A, Amr K S, El-Minisi T I, Abdel Meguid N, El-Awady M
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are allelic disorders caused by mutations within the dystrophin gene. Our study has identified 100 Egyptian families collected from the Human Genetics Clinic, National Research Center, Cairo. All cases were subjected to complete clinical evaluation pedigree analysis, electromyography studies, estimation of serum creatine phosphokinase enzyme...
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