An explanation for the phenotypic differences between patients bearing partial deletions of the DMD locus.
Deletions giving rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and the less severe Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) occur in the same large gene on the short arm of the human X chromosome. We present a molecular mechanism to explain the clinical difference in severity between DMD and BMD patients who bea...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1988
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