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Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy: a clinical, genetic and immunohistochemical study in China.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Qian, Yang Xiaofeng, Yan Yang, Song Nan, Lin Changkun, Jin Chunlian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies are X-linked diseases caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which affect approximately 1 in 3,500 and 1 in 18,000 boys, respectively. The aim of this work was to develop a method to assist the diagnosis and classification of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A large data set of dystrophin mutations was detected in 167 Chinese patients by...
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