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DMD-related muscular dystrophy in Cameroon: Clinical and genetic profiles.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Aug 2020
Wonkam-Tingang Edmond, Nguefack Séraphin, Esterhuizen Alina I, Chelo David, Wonkam Ambroise
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BACKGROUND: Most of the previous studies on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) were conducted in Caucasian, Asian, and Arab populations. Therefore, little is known about the features of this disease in Africans. In this study, we aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of DMD, and the common mutations associated with this condition in a group of Cameroonian patients. METHODS: We recruited DMD patients and...
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