PCR based mutation screening of the laminin alpha2 chain gene (LAMA2): application to prenatal diagnosis and search for founder effects in congenital muscular dystrophy.

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  1998

• Venue

  Journal of Medical Genetics

• Publication date

  1998-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/jmg.35.3.211PMID 9541105PMCID PMC1051244
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