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A rapid polymerase chain reaction-based test for screening Steinert's disease (DM1).
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Hamzi Khalil, Bellayou Hanane, Slassi Ilham, Nadifi Sellama
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a multisystemic neuromuscular disorder caused by a dynamic mutation of (CTG) trinucleotide repeats in the 3' untranslated region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase gene (DMPK). The aim of the present study was to establish the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based simple and rapid method for initial sample screening. Only a minority of samples were tested positive with the...
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