Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: Dux gene evolution and molecular diagnostics
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a progressive muscle-wasting disease that affects about 7/100,000 people. The first symptoms usually appear in the muscles of the shoulder, the face and the foot. The molecular cause of FSHD has been traced to the macrosatellite D4Z4, located on the c...
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University of London
2012
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