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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin P Campbell, Iowa City, IA (US);
Yoshihide Sunada, Iowa City, IA (US);
Fernando M Tome, Paris, FR;
Michel Fardeau, Sceaux, FR;
Assignee:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-721 ; 435-79 ; 435960 ; 436518 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for aiding in the diagnosis of merosin deficiency-type congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD). The method is based on the discovery of a previously unidentified form of CMD which is characterized by a substantial reduction in the levels of merosin in skeletal muscle tissue containing normal levels of dystrophin and dystrophin-associated proteins.