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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA).
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2001
Georgiou I, Sermon K, Lissens W, De Vos A, Platteau P, Lolis D, Van Steirteghem A, Liebaers I
Abstract excerpt
X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is characterized by adult onset motor neuron disease and results from a defect in the androgen receptor. The disease is caused by a dynamic mutation in the first exon of the androgen receptor gene, involving a CAG trinucleotide repeat. We have developed a single-cell polymerase chain reaction assay for the androgen receptor gene and describe the application of this...
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