how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, ghazavi a. comparison of deflazacort and prednisone in duchenne muscular dystrophy. iranianjournal of child neurology 2012;6(1):5-12. objective duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd) is a degenerative disease that usually becomes clinically detectable in childhood as progressive proximal weakness. no cure is yet available for dmd, but the use of steroids impro...

Recurrent pneumothorax is a rather uncommon finding in patients with neuromuscular diseases. For cases that happen to patients with neuromuscular diseases while on non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, pneumothorax could be fatal. Medical staff must be vigilant for this complication. Recurrent pneumothorax can be treated with either medical or surgical pleurodesis, depending on the patien...