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Direct molecular diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Hecht B K, Donnelly A, Gedeon A K, Byard R W, Haan E A, Mulley J C
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) arises from an unstable trinucleotide (CTGn) repeat sequence within the DM locus at 19q13.3. Twenty-three myotonic dystrophy families containing 205 persons with no symptoms, minimal manifestations, classic DM or congenital DM were investigated to validate the application of the pM10M6 probe to direct molecular diagnosis. Affected family members had been diagnosed clinically and the...
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