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[Prenatal molecular diagnosis of a DMD carrier female fetus by chorionic villus sampling and linkage analysis].
Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico - 1 Feb 2009
Alcántara Ortigoza Miguel Angel, Aguinaga Ríos Mónica, González del Angel Ariadna, Zavaleta Abreu Maria de Jesús, Acevedo Gallegos Sandra, Mayén Molina Dora Gilda, del Castillo Ruíz Victoria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most frequent inherited and lethal neuromuscular disorder in humans. Molecular prenatal diagnosis of DMD through amniocentesis is a real preventive reproductive option in our country, although experience with chorionic villus sampling is still limited (CVS). OBJECTIVE: Perform the first prenatal diagnosis in an obligate DMD carrier woman in Mexico by CVS....
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