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

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

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X‐linked disease of muscle caused by an absence of
the protein dystrophin. Affected boys begin manifesting signs of disease early in life, cease …

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 is the most common and most severe form of childhood
muscular dystrophies, resulting in early loss of ambulation between the ages of 7 and 13 …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a disease linked to the X-chromosome which
affects 1 in 3,600-6,000 newborn males. It is manifested by the absence of the dystrophin …

In 2005, the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society published a
practice parameter, based primarily on studies that involved 6 to 18 months of treatment …