Deletion mutations in DMD/BMD identified in Taiwan

(last modified December 23, 2008)

Deletions

Cases	deletions (DMD / BMD)	duplications (DMD / BMD)	total del/dup	Total analysed
male patients	32	22	54	89
carrier females	4	4	8	13

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Analysis of 102 unrelated DMD / BMD cases (89 patients, 13 potential carriers) from Taiwan reported by Hwa et al. (2007). Rearrangements were detected using MLPA (and previously multiplex PCR). All variants have been added to the DMD del/dup database; for details see Variant listing based on patient origin and select "Taiwan".