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Muscular Dystrophy and neuromuscular disorders

Inheritance and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
As noted, not all neuromuscular disorders are inherited

Prenatal diagnosis
This is available for some inherited disorders. Expert genetic counselling is essential. Tests used are chorionic villus sampling (ten to twelve weeks) and amniocentesis (sixteen weeks).

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Medical text written September 2001 by Dr D Hilton-Jones. Last updated December 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved December 2005 by Dr D Hilton-Jones, Clinical Director, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

 

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