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Correlation of SMN2, NAIP, p44, H4F5 and Occludin genes copy number with spinal muscular atrophy phenotype in Tunisian patients.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Mar 2012
Amara Abdelbasset, Adala Labiba, Ben Charfeddine Ilhem, Mamaï Ons, Mili Amira, Lazreg Taheni Ben, H'mida Dorra, Amri Fathi, Salem Najla, Boughammura Lamia, Saad Ali, Gribaa Moez
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder which is characterized by a high clinical variability with severe, intermediate, mild and adult forms. These forms are caused, in 95% of cases, by a homozygous deletion of exon 7 of SMN1 gene. Our purpose was the determination of a possible genotype-phenotype correlation between the copy number of SMN2, NAIP, p44, H4F5 and...
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