Prenatal Diagnosis of the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A Family Presentation

The Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the most frequent hereditary myopathies that exist. It is characterized by degeneration of the muscle skeletal fibers which produce handicap in the first decade of life bringing about death due to cardiac or respiratory failure. The responsible gene of the d...

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Main Authors: Humberto Perera Navarro, Tatiana Zaldivar-Vaillant, Carlos Viñas-Portilla, Ariel Medina Concepción, Rosa Guerra Badía, Mariesky Zayas Guillot
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2007-05-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/247