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Carrier frequency of SMA by quantitative analysis of the SMN1 deletion in the Iranian population.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2010
Hasanzad M, Azad M, Kahrizi K, Saffar B S, Nafisi S, Keyhanidoust Z, Azimian M, Refah A A, Also E, Urtizberea J A, Tizzano E F, Najmabadi H
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder. Carrier frequency studies of SMA have been reported for various populations. Although no large-scale population-based studies of SMA have been performed in Iran, previous estimates have indicated that the incidence of autosomal recessive disorder partly because of the high prevalence of consanguineous...
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