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Gene conversion events in adult-onset spinal muscular atrophy.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2004
Mazzei R, Gambardella A, Conforti F L, Magariello A, Patitucci A, Gabriele A L, Sprovieri T, Labate A, Valentino P, Bono F, Bonavita S, Zappia M, Muglia M, Quattrone A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible occurrence of a conversion event in three patients with adult-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type IV, which represents the mildest form within the spectrum of the SMA phenotype. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We observed three patients with adult onset SMA and apparent isolated deletion of telomeric survival motor neuron (SMN1) exon 7. To distinguish between a deletion and a...
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