Characteristics of dynamic mutation in Japanese myotonic dystrophy.

doi:10.1007/BF01874051

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Characteristics of dynamic mutation in Japanese myotonic dystrophy.

The Japanese journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1994

Yamagata H, Miki T, Yamanaka N, Takemoto Y, Kanda F, Takahashi K, Inui T, Kinoshita M, Nakagawa M, Higuchi I

Abstract excerpt

To study the characteristics, if any, of unstable CTG repeat sequence in Japanese myotonic dystrophy (DM), we analyzed DNA from 351 at risk individuals (including affected and non-affected carriers and their descendants) from 105 families in Japan. A total of 93 DM families (196 affected and 116...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA Mutational Analysis
Female
Humans
Infant
Japan
Male
Mutation
Myotonic Dystrophy

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