A fetal thigh muscle biopsy was performed at 18 weeks and 6 days' gestation using an automatic 18-gauge biopsy needle. A positive immunoreaction with antisera to the amino- and carboxy-terminals of dystrophin excluded Duchenne muscular dystrophy from this at-risk male.
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