Duchenne muscular dystrophy is associated with variable degrees of selective cognitive
defect with lower scores for verbal intelligence and reading abilities. A number of findings …

Molecular study and neuropsychological analysis were performed concurrently on 49
patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in order to find a molecular explanation …

Mental retardation is a clinical feature present in both Duchenne and Becker muscular
dystrophy patients and its pathogenesis is still unknown. Dp140 is a dystrophin isoform with …

The presence of nonprogressive cognitive impairment is recognized as a common feature in
a substantial proportion of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. To investigate the …

Background: Mental retardation is a clinical feature of Duchenne dystrophy (DD) and affects
about one-third of patients. No clear association has been found between DNA mutations …

The presence of variable degrees of cognitive impairment, extending from severe mental
retardation to specific deficits, in patients with dystrophinopathies is a well-recognized …

Mutations in the dystrophin gene have long been recognised as a cause of mental
retardation. However, for reasons that are unclear, some boys with dystrophin mutations do …

This is the first report of direct sequencing of the complete 11 kb coding sequence of the
dystrophin gene affording high sensitivity for all types of mutations of both coding sequence …

Analyses of deletions in the dystrophin gene and of cognitive status were performed on
patients with Duchenne (DMD) or Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophy in order to find a …

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD) are caused by mutations in the
human dystrophin gene. About two-thirds of DMD/BMD patients exhibit gross …