Article
Contribution of molecular analyses to the estimation of the risk of congenital myotonic dystrophy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Cobo A M, Poza J J, Martorell L, López de Munain A, Emparanza J I, Baiget M
Abstract excerpt
A molecular analysis of the maternal and child CTG repeat size and intergenerational amplification was performed in order to estimate the risk of having a child with congenital myotonic dystrophy (CMD). In a study of 124 affected mother-child pairs (42 mother-CMD and 82 mother-non-CMD) the mean m...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Child
- DNA
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- False Positive Reactions
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Myotonic Dystrophy
