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Detection of intragenic SMN1 mutations in spinal muscular atrophy patients with a single copy of SMN1.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Apr 2015
Ganji Hamid, Nouri Nayereh, Salehi Mansoor, Aryani Omid, Houshmand Massoud, Basiri Keivan, Fazel-Najafabadi Esmat, Sedghi Maryam
Abstract excerpt
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by symmetrical muscle weakness due to degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord. Homozygous deletions in the SMN1 have been reported in more than 90% of spinal muscular atrophy cases. Compound heterozygous patients account for approximately 4% of spinal muscular atrophy cases. In this study, we performed a quantitative...
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