Emerging drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy An overview of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects approximately 1 in 3,500 live male births [1]. It is caused by a large variety of mutations in the dystrophin gene. Because of these mutations, the body can no longer make dystrophin which is a protein important for stabilisation of the muscle cell during a contraction. Without dystrophin, muscle cells are damaged and slowly replaced by fat and scar tis...
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A programme was introduced in Wales to screen all 18 month old boys who were not yet walking for raised creatine kinase activity within the existing community developmental screening programme. During an 18 month period 25 229 such boys were identified of whom 19 930 (79%) had a Denver developmental screening test and 338 (1.7%) of these were not walking. Two hundred and five of those who did n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-8214,1744-7623
DOI: 10.1517/14728214.2012.691965