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Haplotype analysis of the myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) locus in Taiwan: implications for low prevalence and founder mutations of Taiwanese myotonic dystrophy type 1.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2001
Pan H, Lin H M, Ku W Y, Li T C, Li S Y, Lin C C, Hsiao K M
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder caused by a CTG trinucleotide expansion at the DM1 locus. In this study, we investigated the frequency distribution of various CTG repeats in normal alleles and haplotyped the normal and expanded DM1 locus in a group of Taiwanese people. In the 496 normal chromosomes examined, up to 18 alleles with different CTG lengths from 5 to 30...
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