Dystrophinopathies are a group of distinct neuromuscular diseases that result from
mutations in the structural cytoskeletal Dystrophin gene. Dystrophinopathies include …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the
DMD gene and loss of the protein dystrophin. The absence of dystrophin leads to myofiber …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe form of muscular
dystrophy and occurs in 1 in 3500 male births. Improved survival due to improvements in …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the natural history of occult cardiac dysfunction in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is …

Objective To estimate the age when cardiomyopathy develops in boys with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD) and to analyze the effect of corticosteroid treatment on the age of …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive and fatal genetic disorder of muscle
degeneration. Patients with DMD lack expression of the protein dystrophin as a result of …

Aims The cardiomyopathy found in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is responsible for
death due to heart failure in∼ 30% of patients and additionally contributes to many DMD …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal disease of striated muscle deterioration
caused by lack of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin. Dystrophin deficiency causes muscle …

BACKGROUND: In young patients (aged< 12 years) with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD), cardiac systolic function is generally described to be within the normal range. Recent …

Aims Heart failure invariably affects patients with various forms of muscular dystrophy (MD),
but the onset and molecular sequelae of altered structure and function resulting from full …