Genotype-phenotype correlation in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients seen at Lucknow.

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Genotype-phenotype correlation in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients seen at Lucknow.

The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Jan 1997

Mittal B, Singh V, Mishra S, Sinha S, Mittal R D, Chaturvedi L S, Danda S, Pradhan S, Agarwal S S

Abstract excerpt

The molecular basis of two allelic forms of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD), has been explained by frame shift hypothesis. In order to test this hypothesis, deletional mutations in 59 patients confirmed to have DMD and 11 BMD patients were analysed using multiplex polymerase c...

Topics

Gene Deletion
Genotype
Humans
India
Muscular Dystrophies
Phenotype
Retrospective Studies

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