An urgent need for a change in policy revealed by a study on prenatal testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Prenatal diagnosis for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) was introduced in the Netherlands in 1984. We have investigated the impact of 26 years (1984–2009) of prenatal testing. Of the 635 prenatal diagnoses, 51% were males; nearly half (46%) of these were affected or had an increased risk of DMD. As...

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Autores principales: Helderman-van den Enden, Apollonia T J M, Madan, Kamlesh, Breuning, Martijn H, van der Hout, Annemieke H, Bakker, Egbert, de Die-Smulders, Christine E M, Ginjaar, Hendrika B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3522203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22669413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2012.101

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