Article
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy: contribution of a molecular and immunohistochemical analysis in diagnosis in Morocco.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2009
Bellayou Hanane, Hamzi Khalil, Rafai Mohamed Abdou, Karkouri Mehdi, Slassi Ilham, Azeddoug Houssine, Nadifi Sellama
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are X-linked recessive disorders caused by mutations of the DMD gene located at Xp21. In DMD patients, dystrophin is virtually absent; whereas BMD patients have 10% to 40% of the normal amount. Deletions in the dystrophin gene represent 65% of mutations in DMD/BMD patients. To explain the contribution of immunohistochemical and genetic analysis...
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