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Prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Japanese population by fluorescent CA repeat polymorphisms analysis.
The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research - 1 Oct 1997
Shiroshita Y, Katayama S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of CA repeat analysis using fluorescence-labeled primers in the prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Japanese population. METHODS: Allelic frequencies of polymorphic loci in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene were ascertained, and the polymorphic information content (PIC) was calculated. CA repeat analysis of 21 Japanese families with Duchenne muscular...
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