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

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A 20-year-old offspring of father–daughter incest, who has been suffering from serious psychomotoric health problems since early childhood, is seeking financial compensation under the German federal act of victim indemnification. For her appeal to be valid, the probability X that the incest was causal for her disorder must exceed 50%. Based upon the available medical records, we show that this is indeed the case and that X is even likely to exceed 65%, thereby rendering the victim’s claim scientifically and legally justified.

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We wish to thank Tim Lu, Kiel, for helpful comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Institut für Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Jörg Schmidtke

  2. Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Statistik, Christian-Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany

    Michael Krawczak

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Schmidtke, J., Krawczak, M. Psychomotor developmental delay and epilepsy in an offspring of father–daughter incest: quantification of the causality probability. Int J Legal Med 124, 449–450 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-009-0337-8

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