Genetic epidemiology of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in Slovenia.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02427.x

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Genetic epidemiology of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in Slovenia.

Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 1997

Peterlin B, Zidar J, Meznaric-Petrusa M, Zupancic N

Abstract excerpt

Most population studies on Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophies predated the discovery of the gene and its product dystrophin. The diagnosis of these conditions and consequent epidemiological estimates were therefore limited to clinical criteria. In our study of the Slovene popula...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Dystrophin
Gene Deletion
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Incidence
Male
Muscular Dystrophies
Mutation
Prevalence
Slovenia

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