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A tool for the molecular analysis of an early lethal disease: slide-PCR in spinal muscular atrophy patients.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Jun 1993
Capon F, Melchionda S, Gennarelli M, Lo Cicero S, Giacanelli M, Novelli G, Dallapiccola B
Abstract excerpt
DNA was recovered from sections of muscle biopsies of 20 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients fixed on microscopic slides and stored from one to 20 years at room temperature. Microsatellite DNA markers tightly linked to the SMA locus were amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to obtain specific amplified products. The procedure was successful in all cases, and allowed prenatal diagnosis in one...
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