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[Detection for trinucleotide repeats in myotonic dystrophy type 1].
Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Li Yun, Da Yu-wei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To establish an efficient method which can be easily used for detecting CTG trinucleotide repeats in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). METHODS: Tri-primer polymerase chain reaction (TP-PCR) combined with electropherogram was used to detect CTG repeats in the 3'-untranslated region of DMPK gene. Twenty non-related DM1 patients and 24 healthy controls were selected. RESULTS: All patients were found to...
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