Disparities in the diagnostic process of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 942-947

  Holtzer, Caleb ^a   Meaney, F John ^a   Andrews, Jennifer ^a   Ciafaloni, Emma ^b   Fox, Deborah J ^c   James, Katherine A ^d   Lu, Zhenqiang ^e   Miller, Lisa ^d   Pandya, Shree ^b   Ouyang, Lijing ^f   Cunniff, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; disparities; Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; CREATINE KINASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC TESTING; GEORGIA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; IOWA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEW YORK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155161042     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31822623f1     Document Type: Article

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