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Does a basic karotype test detect duchennes muscular dystrophy?
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Karyotype and DMD: No, a basic karyotype, which counts the total chromosomes and looks for large structural defects, will not detect Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). There is a specific mutation of the gene for the protein dystrophin, on the X chromosome, that needs to be detected.
Answered 4/17/2016
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