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Insights into genotype-phenotype correlations in spinal muscular atrophy: a retrospective study of 103 patients.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2011
Petit Florence, Cuisset Jean-Marie, Rouaix-Emery Nathalie, Cancés Claude, Sablonnière Bernard, Bieth Eric, Moerman Alexandre, Sukno Sylvie, Hardy Noah, Holder-Espinasse Muriel, Manouvrier-Hanu Sylvie, Vallée Louis
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1). Its centromeric copy gene, SMN2, is the major modifying factor. However, the genotype-phenotype correlation is incomplete and is therefore not useful in clinical practice. We studied a cohort of 103 patients in order to refine this correlation. In addition to standard...
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