In utero fetal muscle biopsy: A precious aid for the prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-132

  Heckel, Sergine ^a   Favre, Romain ^a,c   Flori, Jean ^a   Koenig, Michel ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^a   Gasser, Bernard ^b   Chaigne, Denis ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^c SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Fetal muscle biopsy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; ULTRASOUND;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033054404     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020905     Document Type: Article

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