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Patients with a phenotype consistent with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy display genetic and epigenetic heterogeneity.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Sacconi Sabrina, Camaño Pilar, de Greef Jessica C, Lemmers Richard J L F, Salviati Leonardo, Boileau Pascal, Lopez de Munain Arregui Adolfo, van der Maarel Silvère M, Desnuelle Claude
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OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic and epigenetic defects in patients presenting with a facioscapulohumeral (FSHD) clinical phenotype without D4Z4 contractions on chromosome 4q35 tested by linear gel electrophoresis and Southern blot analysis. DESIGN AND PATIENTS: The authors studied 16 patients...
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