Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A 30-year population-based incidence study

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-179

  Dooley, Joseph ^a   Gordon, Kevin E ^a   Dodds, Linda ^a   MacSween, Judith ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Incidence; Neuromuscular

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NOVA SCOTIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949356580     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809347777     Document Type: Article

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