Prenatal diagnosis in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Thirteen years of experience: Implications for reproductive counselling in DM1 families

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Martorell, Loreto ^a,d   Cobo, Ana Maria ^b   Baiget, Montserrat ^c   Naudó, Montserrat ^a   Poza, Juan José ^b   Parra, Juan ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Sant Pau   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital form; Expansion; Myotonic dystrophy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 33846450623     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1627     Document Type: Article

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