title: Three-tiered noninvasive diagnosis in 96% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Jinong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Carolyn H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Buzin
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scaringe
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Jerry R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mendell
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johan den
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dunnen
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Steve S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sommer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*