Analysis of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene with PCR analysis in paraffin-embedded tissue. a new diagnostic possibility
Apold, J.; Eiken, H.G.; Engebretsen, L.F.; Boman, H.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 113(26): 3233-3235
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 8236215 Document Number: 418225
Analysis of DNA from archival, paraffin-embedded muscle tissue allowed tracing of the mutated dystrophin gene in two families with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. There were no living patients in these families. In one family this diagnosis contributed to the birth of a normal male, in the other family to the demonstration of carrier status. These analyses, based on the polymerase chain reaction, are relatively rapid and simple, and lend increased value to old tissue samples stored in pathology departments.