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Progressive Muscular Dystrophy: Chronogenetic Aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Del Porto*
Affiliation:
Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Istituto Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia, l'Aquila, Istituto di Genetica Medica e Gemellologia Gregorio Mendel, Roma
G. Brenci
Affiliation:
Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Istituto Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia, l'Aquila, Istituto di Genetica Medica e Gemellologia Gregorio Mendel, Roma
*
Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Istituto Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia, Via Verdi 56, L'Aquila, Italy

Abstract

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A sample of sibships with two or more members affected by progressive muscular dystrophy has been drawn from the Mendel Institute's Eugenic Counseling file and examined with respect to the age of onset of the pathology (its clinical varieties being taken into account) in the members of the same sibship. Significant correlations have been found, thus suggesting the existence of characteristic ages of onset within each family.

Type
7. Free Contributions: Third Group
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1974

References

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