- Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is extremely rare in females (about 1 in 50,000,000 female births) [6] It can occur in females with an affected father and a carrier mother, in those who are missing an X chromosome, or in those who have an inactivated X chromosome (the most common of the rare reasons) [ 25 ]
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): What It Is Symptoms - Cleveland Clinic
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a condition that causes skeletal and heart muscle weakness that quickly gets worse with time Symptoms usually begin by age 6 The disease mainly affects boys
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, is associated with the most severe clinical symptoms of all the muscular dystrophies It is caused by a genetic mutation on one of the mother’s X chromosomes, and researchers have identified some of the affected genes
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment - WebMD
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle disease that mainly affects mainly boys in early childhood
- Understanding Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) | Duchenne. com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare, genetic condition that is characterized by progressive muscle damage and weakness Sometimes shortened to DMD or Duchenne, this rare disease is caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from producing a protein called dystrophin
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms Diagnosis - Healthline
Learn the symptoms, causes, risks and more of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition causes the muscles to weaken over time
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most severe forms of inherited muscular dystrophies It is the most common hereditary neuromuscular disease and does not exhibit a predilection for any race or ethnic group
- What is Duchenne? What is Duchenne
Duchenne is classified under muscular dystrophies, genetic diseases marked by muscle weakness, with Duchenne being notably the most severe due to the absence of dystrophin, a protein essential for muscle integrity
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