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Haplotype analysis of the myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) locus in the Korean population.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2010
Kwon Min-Jung, Lee Seung-Tae, Kim Byoung Joon, Sung Duk Hyun, Kim Jong-Won, Ki Chang-Seok
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by unstable expansion of the CTG repeat in the DMPK gene. According to the hypothesis that expanded CTG repeat alleles originated from larger normal alleles, a correlation exists between prevalence of DM1 and frequency of large normal alleles. We examined the number of CTG repeats in a group of 481 non-DM1 individuals and 116 DM1 patients. Among these subjects, we...
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