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[Quantitative analysis of SMN2 based on real-time PCR: correlation of clinical severity and SMN2 gene dosage].
No to hattatsu = Brain and development - 1 Sept 2005
Saito Makiko, Chen Yuyan, Mizuguchi Masashi, Igarashi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive disorder, caused by homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1). SMN2, a gene highly homologous to SMN1, is considered to influence the severity of SMA. Patients with SMA have been classified into three types on the basis of age at onset and clinical severity. In the present study, we performed a quantitative analysis of SMN2 in 22...
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