The dystrophinopathies in Costa Rica

 

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Verfasser: Azofeifa, Jorge
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2004
Beschreibung:A five-years long study aiming to describe the basic genetic epidemiology of the dystrophinopathies in Costa Rica recruited 31 patients with clinical symptoms of DMD/BMD at the National Children’s Hospital (HNN). This center is the obligate reference hospital of the national health system for genetic diseases, however, the geographic origin of the patients, a low percentage of deletions and a high proportion of de novo mutations found among them indicate that a significant ascertainment bias impedes a substantial scientific approach to confront and alleviate the problems posed by these severe diseases in Costa Rica.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15286
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15286
Stichwort:muscular dystrophy
duchenne
becker
X chromosome
carriers
deletions
haplotypes
distrofia muscula
cromosoma X
portadoras
deleciones
haplotipos