Article
Genotyping of spinal muscular atrophy families with linked DNA probes.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 1992
Gennarelli M, Melchionda S, Fattorini C, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B
Abstract excerpt
We report on linkage analysis and haplotype characterization in 40 Italian families with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The investigated loci included D5S6, D5S112, D5S39, and D5S76. No evidence of unlinked families was found. Thirty-two (80%) of the examined families were fully informative for prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection. The frequencies of individual alleles did not differ between SMA and normal...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Child
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
