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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a clinical, histopathological and genetic study at a neurology tertiary care center in Southern India.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Swaminathan Bhairavi, Shubha G N, Shubha D, Murthy A Ram, Kiran Kumar H B, Shylashree S, Gayathri N, Jamuna R, Jain Sanjeev, Purushottam Meera, Nalini A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy that affects young boys and the dystrophin gene on the X chromosome has been found to be associated with the disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective study, 112 clinically diagnosed DMD patients had muscle biopsy and were tested for exon deletions. Genotyping was also carried out at STR44, STR45, STR49 and STR 50...
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