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C117T variant in the SMN1 gene found in the Japanese population.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Feb 2007
Sadewa Ahmad Hamim, Harada Yosuke, Sasongko Teguh Haryo, Matsuo Masafumi, Nishio Hisahide
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The SMN genes are closely related to the development of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); mutated SMN1 causes SMA and functional SMN2 modifies the severity of SMA. SMN1 and SMN2 are almost identical, being distinguished by only five base pair substitutions located at the 3'-end of the genes. Recently, a synonymous DNA variant, C117T, has been identified at the first codon of SMN2 exon 2a in the Caucasian...
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