A Sequence chromatogram showing a heterozygous-like pattern in the latter part of exon 15 (arrow). B Scheme of the indel mutation. Compared with the reference allele (upper), the affected allele (lower) had a 21-bp deletion and a 2-bp insertion at the exon-intron junction of exon 15 and intron 15. C Results of the genomic PCR using WT-specific and indel-specific primer sets in the patient and a male control. The red box indicates a product amplified only in the patient with the indel-specific primer sets. M: marker; phiX174 RF DNA/Hae III Fragments, P: patient 23, C: control, N: negative control, no DNA added. D Real-time quantitative PCR of genomic DNA from patient 23 and male and female controls. While the relative copy number of the male control is naturally approximately half of that of the female control, those amplified with both WT-specific and deletion-specific primers in the patient are also approximately half of that of the male control.