Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2020 Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are characterized by muscle wasting leading to loss of ambulation in the first or third decade, respectively.
Daniele Capitanio +10 more
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Patients With Becker Muscular Dystrophy Have Severe Paraspinal Muscle Involvement
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Introduction: Paraspinal muscles are important for gross motor functions. Impairment of these muscles can lead to poor postural control and ambulation difficulty.
Aisha M. Sheikh +5 more
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Circulating Biomarkers in Muscular Dystrophies: Disease and Therapy Monitoring
Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2020 Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders that primarily affect the muscle tissues. Across the muscular dystrophies, symptoms commonly compromise the quality of life in all areas of functioning.
Andrie Koutsoulidou +1 more
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Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research, 2022 An 18-year-old boy with no significant perinatal history presented with insidious onset of slowly progressive flaccid paraparesis with muscle wasting in thighs.
Rachna Gulati +4 more
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Rimmed vacuoles in Becker muscular dystrophy have similar features with inclusion myopathies.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Rimmed vacuoles in myofibers are thought to be due to the accumulation of autophagic vacuoles, and can be characteristic in certain myopathies with protein inclusions in myofibers.
Kazunari Momma +7 more
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Testing the Feasibility of a Passive and Active Case Ascertainment System for Multiple Rare Conditions Simultaneously: The Experience in Three US States [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Owing to their low prevalence, single rare conditions are difficult to monitor through current state passive and active case ascertainment systems.
Mann, Joshua +6 more
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Deletion of Dystrophin In-Frame Exon 5 Leads to a Severe Phenotype: Guidance for Exon Skipping Strategies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy severity depends upon the nature and location of the DMD gene lesion and generally correlates with the dystrophin open reading frame.
Zhi Yon Charles Toh +7 more
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Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Becker muscular dystrophy is an X-chromosomal linked anomaly characterized by progressive muscle wear and weakness. This case report shows the orthodontic treatment of a Becker muscular dystrophy patient with unilateral open bite.METHODS ...
Juan Fernando Aristizabal +1 more
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The 6-minute walk test and other endpoints in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: longitudinal natural history observations over 48 weeks from a multicenter study. [PDF]
, 2013 IntroductionDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) subjects ≥5 years with nonsense mutations were followed for 48 weeks in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ataluren.
Abresch, R Ted +12 more
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Becker muscular dystrophy with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) complicated with DCM is rare in our daily clinical practice. BMD serves an etiology for heart failure patients due to DCM. Multidisciplinary management is required in this case.
Yongliang Chen +3 more
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