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Compound heterozygous mutation in two unrelated cases of Chinese spinal muscular atrophy patients.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Feb 2011
Qu Yu-Jin, Song Fang, Yang Yan-Ling, Jin Yu-Wei, Bai Jin-Li
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infantile proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder. Approximately 90% - 95% cases of SMA result from homozygous deletion of survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1) and 5% cases are caused by compound heterozygous mutation (a SMN1 deleti...
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