muscular dystrophy
Tags: MUSCULAR dystrophy; DUCHENNE muscular dystrophy; DISEASES -- Causes & theories of causation; DISEASE incidence; BECKER muscular dystrophy; NEUROMUSCULAR diseases -- Diagnosis; THERAPEUTICS; PROGNOSIS
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- Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy: Contribution of a Molecular and Immunohistochemical Analysis in Diagnosis in Morocco. Bellayou, Hanane; Hamzi, Khalil; Rafai, Mohamed Abdou; Karkouri, Mehdi; Slassi, Ilham; Azeddoug, Houssine; Nadifi, Sellama // Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology;2009 Regular Issue, p1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are X-linked recessive disorders caused by mutations of the DMD gene located at Xp21. In DMD patients, dystrophin is virtually absent; whereas BMD patients have 10% to 40% of the normal amount. Deletions in the dystrophin gene...
- Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. Driscoll, Deborah A. // Contemporary OB/GYN;Oct2001, Vol. 46 Issue 10, p97
Focuses on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Description of the gene responsible for DMD and BMD; Tests that are recommended for the diagnosis of DMD and BMD; Information on prenatal testing for the disease.
- Manifestations of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy among carriers. // European Journal of Pediatrics;1999, Vol. 158 Issue 11, pA946
Examines the frequency and severity of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in a series of carriers. Signs of dilated cardiomyopathy and left-ventricle dilation; Comparison between muscle weakness and dilated cardiomyopathy; Reason for determining carriership.
- Diagnosis and new treatments in muscular dystrophies. A Y Manzur // Postgraduate Medical Journal;Nov2009, Vol. 85 Issue 1009, p622
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) and limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) represent a significant proportion of paediatric and adult neuromuscular neurology practice. The proactive symptom-based multidisciplinary team (MDT) management and access to...
- Mutation Analysis in a Population-Based Cohort of Boys With Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Cunniff, Christopher; Andrews, Jennifer; Meaney, F. John; Mathews, Katherine D.; Matthews, Dennis; Ciafaloni, Emma; Miller, Timothy M.; Bodensteiner, John B.; Miller, Lisa A.; James, Katherine A.; Druschel, Charlotte M.; Romitti, Paul A.; Pandya, Shree // Journal of Child Neurology;Apr2009, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p425
The type and frequency of diagnostic testing was analyzed in a population-based cohort of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker muscular dystrophy. Use of muscle biopsy declined from 66.0% of boys born between January 1982 and September 1987 to 32.6% born between April 1999 and...
- Republished Education in Heart: Cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophy: advances in diagnosis and therapy. Yilmaz, Ali; Sechtem, Udo // Postgraduate Medical Journal;May2012, Vol. 88 Issue 1039, p290
A reprint of the article "Cardiac Involvement in Muscular Dystrophy: Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy," by Ali Yilmaz and Udo Sechtem, which appeared in the March 2012 issue of the "Heart" is presented. The role of cardiac pathophysiology in muscular dystrophy-type Duchenne (DMD) and muscular...
- Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy: A clinical, genetic and immunohistochemical study in China. Qian Wang; Xiaofeng Yang; Yang Yan; Nan Song; Changkun Lin; Chunlian Jin // Neurology India;Nov2011, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p797
Background and Objective: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies are X-linked diseases caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which affect approximately 1 in 3,500 and 1 in 18,000 boys, respectively. The aim of this work was to develop a method to assist the diagnosis and classification...
- Pulmonologists Need to Become More Involved in Muscular Dystrophy Care. Marshall, Adriene // Pulmonary Reviews;Sep2010, Vol. 15 Issue 9, p12
The article discusses a research study on the involvement of pulmonologists in the care of patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DBMD). It references a telephone survey by Daniel W. Sheehan and colleagues and presented at the 2010 International Conference of the American...
- Valley sign in Becker muscular dystrophy and outliers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. Pradhan, Sunil // Neurology India;Jun2004, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p203
Valley sign has been described in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). As there are genetic and clinical similarities between DMD and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), this clinical sign is evaluated in this study in BMD and DMD/BMD outliers. To evaluate the sign, 28 patients with...
