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Test-Retest Reliability of Motor Function and Myometry Outcomes From the Vamorolone Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. [PDF]

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Tobin RA   +6 more
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DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Medical Journal of Australia, 1968
G. B. A. Duchenne's description of pseudohypertrophic muscular paralysis contains not only the first clear account of this disease, but also the first report of a practical instrument of muscle biopsy. Duchenne (1806-1875) was a French neurologist who was led to a careful study of neuromuscular diseases through his interest in the effects of ...
Irwin A. Brody, Robert H. Wilkins
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

BMJ, 2020
### What you need to know Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive and disabling neuromuscular condition that is often diagnosed late.1 In the UK the mean age of diagnosis has remained fairly static over the past 30 years, currently around 4.3 years of age.2 On average it takes 1.6 years from first parental concern to diagnosis of DMD,2 by ...
Luke Millington   +3 more
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 1991
Progress in understanding the role of dystrophin raises promising hopes for a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In addition, great improvements have been made in the ability to diagnose this disease using simple molecular methods.
J. Wicki, J.T. Seto, J.S. Chamberlain
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Neurology India, 2008
AbstractDuchenne muscular dystrophy, an X‐linked disorder, has an incidence of one in 5000 boys and presents in early childhood with proximal muscle weakness. Untreated boys become wheelchair bound by the age of 12 years and die of cardiorespiratory complications in their late teens to early 20s.
Eppie M. Yiu   +2 more
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2001
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is not treatable; there is no cure. More than a decade ago, randomized trials demonstrated that oral steroid therapy was of benefit to DMD patients by prolonging ambulation. Although few significant side effects were reported, study patients were followed for 18 months or less. However, when treating DMD with steroids,
Susan T. Iannaccone, Zohair Nanjiani
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