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MLPA analysis for the detection of deletions, duplications and complex rearrangements in the dystrophin gene: potential and pitfalls.
Neurogenetics - 1 Feb 2005
Janssen B, Hartmann C, Scholz V, Jauch A, Zschocke J
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are common X-chromosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Using the novel multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) method we performed retrospective and prospective analyses in a total of 193 individuals. Deletions or duplications were identified in 14 out of 90 families previously tested negative...
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