The muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network (MD STARnet): surveillance methodology.

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Published in Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol on November 01, 2006

Authors

Lisa A Miller1, Paul A Romitti, Christopher Cunniff, Charlotte Druschel, Katherine D Mathews, F John Meaney, Dennis Matthews, Jiji Kantamneni, Zhen-Fang Feng, Nancy Zemblidge, Timothy M Miller, Jennifer Andrews, Deborah Fox, Emma Ciafaloni, Shree Pandya, April Montgomery, Aileen Kenneson

Author Affiliations

1: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado 80246-1530, USA. lisa.miller@state.co.us

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