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Characterization of translational frame exception patients in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Winnard A V, Klein C J, Coovert D D, Prior T, Papp A, Snyder P, Bulman D E, Ray P N, McAndrew P, King W
Abstract excerpt
The clinical progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients with deletions can be predicted in 93% of cases by whether the deletion maintains or disrupts the translational reading frame (frameshift hypothesis). We have identified and studied a number of patients who have deletions that do not conform to the translational frame hypothesis. The most common exception to the frameshift hypothesis is the...
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