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International Journal of Legal Medicine
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine 6/2010

Open Access 01-11-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Psychomotor developmental delay and epilepsy in an offspring of father–daughter incest: quantification of the causality probability

Author: Leo P. ten Kate

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 6/2010

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Schmidtke and Krawczak [1] described a patient with developmental delay and epilepsy who was the offspring of father–daughter incest, and showed that, based on available medical records and the baseline risk of the disorder in the population, the probability that the incest was causal for her disorder exceeded the 50% cutoff above which she would be entitled to a lifelong pension under the German federal act of victim indemnification. Their case was complicated by the absence of a clear specific diagnosis and the absence of permission for diagnostic workup. …
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Schmidtke J, Krawczak M (2009) Psychomotor developmental delay and epilepsy in an offspring of father-daughter incest: quantification of the causality probability. Int J Legal Med. doi:10.​1007/​s00414-009-0337-8
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Ten Kate LP, Scheffer H, Cornel MC, van Lookeren Campagne JG (1991) Consanguinity sans reproche. Hum Genet 86(3):295–296PubMed
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Metadata
Title
Psychomotor developmental delay and epilepsy in an offspring of father–daughter incest: quantification of the causality probability
Author
Leo P. ten Kate
Publication date
01-11-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-009-0364-5

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