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c.835-5T>G Variant in SMN1 Gene Causes Transcript Exclusion of Exon 7 and Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jun 2018
Wu Shuang, Li Yun-Lu, Cheng Ning-Yi, Wang Chong, Dong En-Lin, Lu Ying-Qian, Li Jin-Jing, Guo Xin-Xin, Lin Xiang, Lai Lu-Lu, Liu Zhi-Wei, Wang Ning, Chen Wan-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by survival motor neuron (SMN) protein deficiency leading the loss of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and brainstem. More than 95% of SMA patients are attributed to the homozygous deletion of survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, and approximately 5% are caused by compound heterozygous with a SMN1 deletion and a...
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