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Adult patient with Becker dystrophy undergoing orthopedic surgery: an anesthesia challenge

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2018
Masoud Parish, Haleh Farzin Anesthesiology Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Shohada Teaching Hospital, Tabriz, Iran Abstract: Muscular dystrophies are considered to be a series of neuromuscular diseases with genetic causes and are ...
Parish M, Farzin H
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Immunohistochemical alterations of dystrophin in congenital muscular dystrophy Alterações imuno-hístoquímicas da distrofina na distrofia muscular congênita

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
The dystrophin distribution in the plasma muscle membrane using immunohystochemistry was studied in 22 children with congenital muscular dystrophy. The dystrophin was detected by immunofluorescence in muscle biopsy through a polyclonal antibody.
Lineu Cesar Werneck, Eduardo Bonilla
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Becker muscular dystrophy.

Chinese medical journal, 1989
Five patients from 3 families with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) were reported. The main clinical and laboratory findings were in common. Pairs of affected brothers are quite resembled each other. However, there are also some variations among different families.
H D, Fu, X F, Tang, Y P, Guo
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Muscular dystrophies: key elements for everyday diagnosis and management

Cardiogenetics, 2013
Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders that share similar clinical features and dystrophic changes on muscle biopsy, associated with progressive weakness. Weakness may be noted at birth or develop in late adult life.
Alberto Palladino, Gerardo Nigro, Luisa Politano   +2 more
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The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Strength and Functional Tasks in Adults With Limb-Girdle, Becker, and Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophies

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: The inclusion of resistance training in the treatment and management of muscular dystrophy has previously been discouraged, based on mainly anecdotal evidence.
Emma L. Bostock, Dawn N. O'Dowd, Carl J. Payton, Dave Smith, Paul Orme, Bryn T. Edwards, Christopher I. Morse   +6 more
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Epilepsy in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
AbstractObjectiveDuchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD and BMD) are dystrophinopathies caused by variants in DMD gene, resulting in reduced or absent dystrophin. These conditions, characterized by muscle weakness, also manifest central nervous system (CNS) comorbidities due to dystrophin expression in the CNS.
Jesus Alfonso Armijo Gómez, Miguel A. Fernandez‐Garcia, Ana Camacho, Marlin Liz, Carlos Ortez, Miguel Lafuente‐Hidalgo, Laura Toledo Bravo‐de Laguna, Berta Estévez‐Arias, Laura Carrera‐García, Jessica Expósito‐Escudero, Jana Domínguez‐Carral, Andres Nascimento, Daniel Natera‐de Benito   +12 more
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Respiratory surveillance of patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2009
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is is the most common form of the childhood muscular dystrophies. It follows a predictable clinical course marked by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, lost of ambulation before teen-age and death in early adulthood ...
Virginia Spehrs-Ciaffi, Jean William Fitting, Jacques Cotting, Pierre-Yves Jeannet   +3 more
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A Clinical Study Shows Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Therapy to Improve Quality of Life in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Cell Transplantation, 2013
Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder with no definite cure. A study was carried out on 150 patients diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. These included Duchenne muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, and Becker muscular dystrophy variants.
Alok Sharma M.S., M.Ch., Hemangi Sane, Prerna Badhe, Nandini Gokulchandran, Pooja Kulkarni, Mamta Lohiya, Hema Biju, V. C. Jacob   +7 more
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Comprehensive genetic characteristics of dystrophinopathies in China

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018
Background Dystrophinopathies are a set of severe and incurable X-linked neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD). These mutations form a complex spectrum.
Peipei Ma, Shu Zhang, Hao Zhang, Siying Fang, Yuru Dong, Yan Zhang, Weiwei Hao, Shiwen Wu, Yuying Zhao   +8 more
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Elevation of transaminases. What if not the liver?

Лечащий Врач
Background. According to Russian studies, the average age of Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis is 7-8 years. This is because, on one hand, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare disease, and a doctor may never see it throughout their clinical practice.
I. V. Sharkova
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