Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked disorder, is the most common muscular
dystrophy in children, presenting in early childhood and characterized by proximal muscle …

Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and heterogeneous group of disorders that all share
clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness. Duchenne muscular dystrophy …

Duchenne 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is familiar to paediatricians as the most common
childhood muscular dystrophy and leads to severe disability and early death in the late …

BACKGROUND Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the most severe muscle diseases
to affect children. In the last twenty years, treatments have been established that have …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy. A
mutation in the DMD gene disrupts dystrophin (protein) production, causing damage to …

Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are living longer into adulthood due to a
variety of improvements in health care practices. This growing patient population presents …