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The milder phenotype of the dystrophin gene double deletions.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Jun 2003
El-Harouni A A, Amr K S, Effat L K, Eassawi M L, Ismail S, Gad Y Z, El-Awady M K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the genotypephenotype correlation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (MD) patients with double deletion (Ddel) mutations in comparison with those having single deletions (Sdel). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 250 Duchenne/Becker MD male patients from whom the 10 Ddel patients were compared with 20 Sdel subjects of same age and disease durations. The patients were...
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