Assessment of Premutation in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Affected Family Members by TP-PCR and Genetic Counseling

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by the expansion of an unstable CTG repeat located in the 3′-UTR of (DMPK) the DM protein kinase gene. Patients with DM1 have expansions of greater than 50 repeats and up to many thousands. In the present study we aimed to evaluate the utility of TP-PCR in d...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar, Sarita Agarwal, Sunil Pradhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/289643