Missed Opportunities for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-310

  Kaufmann, Petra ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 69249232122     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.034     Document Type: Editorial

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