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Duplex PCR for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of spinal muscular atrophy.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Aug 2003
Moutou Céline, Gardes Nathalie, Viville Stéphane
Abstract excerpt
The main difficulty in developing a molecular diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) resides in the specific genomic structure of the locus. Indeed, two highly homologous survival motor neurone genes, SMN1 and SMN2, are present at the locus. The detection of the homozygous deletion of exons 7 and 8 of the SMN1 gene, which is present in 90 to 98% of the patients, is based on methods highlighting 1 of the 8...
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