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Molecular genetic analyses of five Vietnamese patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
The Kobe journal of medical sciences - 1 Dec 2002
Khanh Tran Van, Takeshima Yasuhiro, Harada Yosuke, Nishio Hisahide, Dao Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hoan Nguyen Thi, Thao Bui Phuong, Matsuo Masafumi
Abstract excerpt
Most patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have been reported to show homozygous deletion of the gene responsible for SMA, SMN1. However, whether SMA patients homozygous for the SMN1 deletion exist in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, remains to be determined, because molecular genetic analyses of SMA patients from these countries have not been reported. In this preliminary study, we analyzed...
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