Open AccessA Nationwide, Population-Based Prevalence Study of Genetic Muscle Disorders
Author(s) -
Alice Theadom,
Miriam Rodrigues,
Gemma Poke,
Gina L. O’Grady,
Donald R. Love,
Graeme Hammond-Tooke,
Priya Parmar,
Ronelle K. Baker,
Valery L. Feigin,
Kelly Jones,
Braden Te Ao,
Annemarei Ranta,
Richard Roxburgh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000494115
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , population , muscle disorder , genetic epidemiology , prevalence , myopathy , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , sociology
Previous epidemiological studies of genetic muscle disorders have relied on medical records to identify cases and may be at risk of selection biases or have focused on selective population groups.