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  1. Jun 26, 2023 · Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, and ultimately fatal disease of skeletal muscle wasting, respiratory insufficiency, and cardiomyopathy.

  2. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an atypical inherited musculoskeletal disorder which shows clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness at an early stage and pathologic features of fibrosis and fatty replacement, particularly late in the disease course.

    • Rupam Sinha, Soumyabrata Sarkar, Tanya Khaitan, Soumyajit Dutta
    • 10.4103/2249-4863.222015
    • 2017
    • Jul-Sep 2017
  3. Feb 18, 2021 · Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe, progressive, muscle-wasting disease that leads to difficulties with movement and, eventually, to the need for assisted ventilation and premature death.

    • Dongsheng Duan, Nathalie Goemans, Shin'ichi Takeda, Eugenio Mercuri, Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
    • 2021
  4. Nov 12, 2020 · Objective: To assess the effects of muscular exercise vs. no exercise in patients with muscular dystrophy. Methods: We performed a comprehensive systematic literature search in the Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and Pedro electronic databases, as well as in the reference literature.

    • Silvia Gianola, Greta Castellini, Valentina Pecoraro, Marco Monticone, Giuseppe Banfi, Lorenzo Moja
    • 10.3389/fneur.2020.00958
    • 2020
    • Front Neurol. 2020; 11: 958.
  5. Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetically inherited degenerative disorders of muscle, sharing clinical features of progressive muscle weakness and dystrophic pathological appearance on muscle biopsy. 1 In a Seminar 2 published in 2013, we reported how a better understanding of the genetic basis and mechanisms underlying these disorders has...

  6. Feb 26, 2024 · Muscular dystrophy constitutes a group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. Muscular Dystrophy affects approximately 1 in 5,000 individuals worldwide and can manifest at any age, although it is most frequently diagnosed during childhood.

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  8. Aug 24, 2015 · Muscular dystrophy occurs worldwide and affects all races. The overall incidence of muscular dystrophy varies among forms, as some forms are more common than others. Muscle loss and weakness are not necessarily caused by genetic alteration.

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