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Deep-intronic variant of fukutin is the most prevalent point mutation of Fukuyama congenital muscula...

Deep-intronic variant of fukutin is the most prevalent point mutation of Fukuyama congenital muscula...

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Deep-intronic variant of fukutin is the most prevalent point mutation of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan

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Deep-intronic variant of fukutin is the most prevalent point mutation of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan

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England: Nature Publishing Group

Journal title

Journal of human genetics, 2017-11, Vol.62 (11), p.945-948

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English

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England: Nature Publishing Group

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Contents

Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD), which is caused by mutations in the fukutin gene, is the second most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy in Japan. The founder haplotype is the most prevalent in the chromosomes of Japanese FCMD patients, and corresponds to an SVA retrotransposal insertion in the 3'-untranslated region of fukut...

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Deep-intronic variant of fukutin is the most prevalent point mutation of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1916708768

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1916708768

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ISSN

1434-5161

E-ISSN

1435-232X

DOI

10.1038/jhg.2017.71

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