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SUBMITTER: Nabukera SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5887122 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nabukera Sarah K SK Romitti Paul A PA Caspers Kristin M KM Street Natalie N Cunniff Christopher C Mathews Katherine D KD Fox Deborah J DJ Puzhankara Soman S Ciafaloni Emma E James Katherine A KA Su Yin Y
American journal of medical genetics. Part A 20121213 1
Diagnosis of a child with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD) may impact future maternal reproductive choice; however, little is known about the reproductive patterns of mothers with a male child diagnosed with DBMD. Using population-based surveillance data collected by the muscular dystrophy surveillance, tracking, and research network, the proportion of mothers who conceived and delivered a live birth following the diagnosis of DBMD in an affected male child and factors associated wit ...[more]