Detection of Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy Carriers in a Group of Iranian Families by Linkage Analysis

This study determines the value of linkage analysis using six RFLP markers for carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis in familial DMD/BMD cases and their family members for the first time in the Iranian population. We studied the dystrophin gene in 33 unrelated patients with clinical diagnosis of...

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Main Authors: Fardeen Ali Malayeri, Mojtaba Panjehpour, Ahmad Movahedian, Majid Ghaffarpour, Gholam Reza Zamani, Mina Hajifaraj Tabrizi, Mahdi Zamani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-03-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/18261.pdf