Table 1 Number of causative alleles identified by the different techniques

From: Muscular dystrophy with marked Dysferlin deficiency is consistently caused by primary dysferlin gene mutations

Mutations

DHPLC DNA

mRNA sequencing

gDNA sequencing

Array CGH real-time/long PCR

0 alleles

5

0

0

0

1 allele

12

8

5

5

2 alleles

35

18

4

0

Samples examined

52

26

9

5