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Determination of SMN1/SMN2 gene dosage by a quantitative genotyping platform combining capillary electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Mar 2006
Kao Hung-Yi, Su Yi-Ning, Liao Hsin-Kai, Liu Ming S, Chen Yu-Ju
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BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common inherited and fatal neuromuscular disease caused by deletions and/or mutations that lead to altered concentrations of proteins encoded by the survival motor neuron genes SMN1 and SMN2. Because of the high incidence (at least 1 in 10,000 live births and a carrier frequency of 1 in 35 to 1 in 50) and severity of the disease, precise quantification of SMN1 and...
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