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The importance of genetic diagnosis for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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  • Annemieke Aartsma-Rus Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ieke B Ginjaar Laboratory for Diagnostics Genome Analysis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kate Bushby John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, LUMC postzone S4-P, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden 2333 ZA, The Netherlands; a.m.rus{at}lumc.nl
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Aartsma-Rus A, Ginjaar IB, Bushby K
The importance of genetic diagnosis for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Journal of Medical Genetics 2016;53:145-151.

Publication history

  • Received July 14, 2015
  • Revised November 18, 2015
  • Accepted December 10, 2015
  • First published January 11, 2016.
Online issue publication 
November 24, 2016

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