Dystrophinopathy in a young boy with Kli
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L. Santoro; L. Pastore; P. Gasparo Rippa; A.V.M. Orsini; E. Del Giudice; G. Vita
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We report the first case of a child with mild dystrophinopathy associated with Klinefelter's syndrome (karyotype 47, XXY). This 3.5-yearold boy was affected by some symptoms suggestive of Becker's muscular dystrophy. Dystrophin immunostaining and immunoblotting procedures confirmed the diagnosis, bu