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It is, in general, difficult to predict death in a particular patient because of individual variations and since "we do not know the exact borderline between life and death" [ 27 ] . To a certain extent the point in time to accept dying - at least in medical institutions - depends on empirically based decisions to abstain from potentially life-sustaining interventions e.g. pharmacological, technical or other artificial support of organ function "to prevent death" at least for limited moments of time [ 28 29 ] . In our internal guidelines we grouped patients according to the staging system of Jonen-Thielemann into rehabilitative, preterminal, terminal and final phases [ 30 ] . With relation to intentions of care, life expectancy according to the progress of disease and empirical statistics, consideration on perhaps burdensome diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and communication strategies with patients and proxies a systematic staging of patients in palliative care on expected outcome seems to be useful.
A major consequence of the dystrophin gene's large genomic size is a high rate of mutation; close to 30% of cases prove to be spontaneous mutations [ 5 ] . Approximately 60% of mutations causing DMD are deletions of large segments of the gene usually including one or more exons [ 6 7 8 ] . Approximately 5% of mutations are duplications of large segments of the gene [ 8 ] . Large deletions and duplications are detected using multiplexed PCR primers to amplify a subset of (approximately 20 of the 79) exons that are empirically estimated to constitute 98% of large deletions and duplications.
The discrete absolute calls in MAS4 are determined in a completely different empirically manner.
We therefore constructed appropriate annular zones in the macula for percentage (multiplicative) increases in brightness to be empirically determined using published data on the spatial distribution of macular pigment [ 29 30 ] . These observers found that the macular pigment density (hence optical density) is greatest centrally, drops to half-maximum within a diameter of 500 to 600 μm, reaches a quarter-maximum at a diameter of about 1000 μm, and thence tapers slowly to a low constant level within a 2000 μm diameter region.
The length and percentage cut-offs used were determined empirically so as not to eliminate any well supported EPKs from the collection.
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