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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Muscular Dystrophies > Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Muscular Disorders, Atrophic > Muscular Dystrophies > Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Genetic Diseases, X-Linked > Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne

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Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne  

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Definition

  • An X-linked recessive muscle disease caused by an inability to synthesize DYSTROPHIN, which is involved with maintaining the integrity of the sarcolemma. Muscle fibers undergo a process that features degeneration and regeneration. Clinical manifestations include proximal weakness in the first few years of life, pseudohypertrophy, cardiomyopathy (see MYOCARDIAL DISEASES), and an increased incidence of impaired mentation. Becker muscular dystrophy is a closely related condition featuring a later onset of disease (usually adolescence) and a slowly progressive course. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1415)

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Entry terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 3B
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, X-Linked
  • Childhood Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic
  • Childhood Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Duchenne-Type Progressive Muscular Dystrophy
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Childhood, Pseudohypertrophic
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Type
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic, Childhood
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic Progressive, Duchenne Type
  • Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Type
  • Pseudohypertrophic Childhood Muscular Dystrophy
  • Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy, Childhood

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In other languages

  • Myopathie de Duchenne

    French

  • DMD (Dystrophie Musculaire de Duchenne)
  • Dystrophie musculaire de Duchenne
  • Dystrophie musculaire progressive de Duchenne
  • Dystrophie musculaire pseudo-hypertrophique
  • Dystrophie musculaire pseudohypertrophique
  • Maladie de Duchenne
  • Myopathie pseudo-hypertrophique de Duchenne de Boulogne
  • Myopathie pseudohypertrophique de Duchenne de Boulogne
  • Paralysie pseudohypertrophique type Duchenne

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