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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Background

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a muscle wasting condition, which gets worse over time. Muscle weakness occurs because of a genetic defect that prevents dystrophin, a protein in muscle, functioning correctly. The affected gene resides on the X chromosome, so only boys are affected. About 1,000 boys are born each year in the UK with DMD.

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Medical text written September 2011 by Dr M Scoto Clinical Research Associate, and Dr A Manzur, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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