Review of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) for the pediatricians in the community

S Verma, Y Anziska, J Cracco - Clinical pediatrics, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an inherited X-linked recessive disorder, is
characterized by progressive symmetric muscle weakness and gait disturbance, with onset …

Recent advances in the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

EM Strehle, V Straub - Archives of disease in childhood, 2015 - adc.bmj.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the commonest inherited neuromuscular disorder of
childhood and mainly affects males. Over the course of the last century, the average life …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a practice update

R Suthar, N Sankhyan - The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by
a deficient or defective synthesis of dystrophin protein. DMD is the most common form of …

Current and emerging treatment strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

JK Mah - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in
childhood. It is caused by mutations of the DMD gene, leading to progressive muscle …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Case report and review

R Sinha, S Sarkar, T Khaitan… - Journal of family medicine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and heterogeneous group of disorders that all share
clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness. Duchenne muscular dystrophy …

[HTML][HTML] The natural history of the patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Taiwan: a medical center experience

WC Liang, CH Wang, PC Chou, WZ Chen… - Pediatrics & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common hereditary muscular
dystrophy and caused by DMD gene mutation. In addition to progressive proximal muscle …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Canadian paediatric neuromuscular physicians survey

HJ McMillan, C Campbell, JK Mah - Canadian journal of neurological …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common form of muscular
dystrophy in childhood. Method: To assess the current care of paediatric DMD patients in …

Recent developments in the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Guglieri, K Bushby - Paediatrics and Child Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common severe heritable muscle disorder
of childhood. Affected boys show first symptoms around the age of 2–5 years with …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a 30-year population-based incidence study

J Dooley, KE Gordon, L Dodds… - Clinical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is among the most common lethal genetic diseases. It
has been proposed that genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis have begun to lower the …

The multidisciplinary management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

K Bushby, J Bourke, R Bullock, M Eagle, M Gibson… - Current Paediatrics, 2005 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disorder for which there is currently no
curative treatment. The natural history is such that affected boys need to use a wheelchair at …