SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe, X-linked, progressive neuromuscular disorder clinically characterised by muscle weakening and extremely high serum creatine kinase levels.
Xing-Chuan Li +4 more
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Symptoms, management and prognosis [PDF]
, 2015 Samuel Alexandre Almeida Honório (Editor).A child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) faces a childhood and adolescence with a disability that develops gradually. This book intends to expose the problems of children with DMD.
Honório, Samuel
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Exercise Training in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022 Objective: To evaluate the effects and safety of exercise training, and to determine the most effective exercise intervention for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Implicit learning deficit in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Evidence for a cerebellar cognitive impairment? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This study aimed at comparing implicit sequence learning in individuals affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy without intellectual disability and age-matched typically developing children.
Stefano Vicari +16 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2015 Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a fatal cardiac and skeletal muscle disease resulting from mutations in the dystrophin gene. We have previously demonstrated that a dystrophin‐associated protein, sarcospan (SSPN), ameliorated Duchenne muscular ...
Michelle S. Parvatiyar +6 more
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Intellectual and behavioural functioning in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy : neuropsychological testing and correlation with genotype [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-82).The spectrum of central nervous system manifestations of DMD is less well described than its musculoskeletal aspects. Although international studies have reported intellectual function ranging from above-
Donald, Kirsten Ann Mary
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Cardiac function associated with home ventilator care in Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 PurposeCardiomyopathy is becoming the leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy because mechanically assisted lung ventilation and assisted coughing have helped resolve respiratory complications.
Sangheun Lee +3 more
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Dystrophin glycoprotein complex dysfunction:a regulatory link between muscular dystrophy and cancer cachexia [PDF]
, 2005 Cachexia contributes to nearly a third of all cancer deaths, yet the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle wasting in this syndrome remain poorly defined.
Butchbach, Matthew E R +13 more
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy : mutation profiling in view of the emerging gene-based therapies [PDF]
, 2010 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-115).Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal, X-linked, recessive muscle-wasting disorder affecting 1 in 3 500 live male births worldwide, for which only palliative care is available to date.
Esterhuizen, Alina
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Advances in Dystrophinopathy Diagnosis and Therapy
Biomolecules, 2023 Dystrophinopathies are x-linked muscular disorders which emerge from mutations in the Dystrophin gene, including Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Fawzy A. Saad +2 more
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