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(CTG)n triplet mutation and phenotype manifestations in myotonic dystrophy patients.
Biochemical medicine and metabolic biology - 1 Aug 1993
Novelli G, Gennarelli M, Menegazzo E, Mostacciuolo M L, Pizzuti A, Fattorini C, Tessarolo D, Tomelleri G, Giacanelli M, Danieli G A
Abstract excerpt
A genotype-phenotype study based on the primary clinical features of adult myotonic dystrophy (DM) included 116 patients from 62 Italian pedigrees. A significant correlation between clinical severity and the number of repeats at the 3' untranslated region of the myotonin-protein kinase gene (MT-PK) was found. These results suggest that the CTG amplification is directly related to the myotonic dystrophy phenotype...
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