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Missense mutations in exon 6 of the survival motor neuron gene in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
Human molecular genetics - 1 May 1997
Hahnen E, Schönling J, Rudnik-Schöneborn S, Raschke H, Zerres K, Wirth B
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a frequent autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder leading to weakness and atrophy of voluntary muscles. The survival motor neuron gene (SMN) is a strong candidate for SMA and present in two highly homologous copies (telSMN and cenSMN) within the SMA region (5q11.2-q13.3). More than 90% of SMA patients show homozygous deletions of at least exon 7 of telSMN, whereas absence...
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