Screening of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mutations and investigating its mutational mechanism in Chinese patients.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a common X-linked recessive disease of muscle degeneration and death. In order to provide accurate and reliable genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis, we screened DMD mutations in a cohort of 119 Chinese patients using multiplex ligation-dependent probe ampli...

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Main Authors: Chen Chen, Hongwei Ma, Feng Zhang, Lu Chen, Xuesha Xing, Shusen Wang, Xue Zhang, Yang Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4171529?pdf=render