Duchenne Musküler Distrofi (DMD), X kromozomuna bağlı resesif geçiş gösteren ve yaklaşık 1/3600-6000 canlı erkek doğum prevelansı olan genetik bir hastalıktır. DMD esas olarak çocukları etkileyen, ilerleyici kas zayıflığı ile karakterize, kadınların taşıyıcı olup genellikle asemptomatik veya hafif belirti gösterdiği çocukluk çağında en sık görülen musküler distrofi tipidir. Tedavi konusunda gün...

End stage dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is currently one of the most challenging elements in the management of patients affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy [1]. DCM is a complication of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and leads to advanced heart failure and premature death [2,3]. Until the last decade, cardiomyopathy inDuchennemuscular dystrophy accounted for only 20% of deaths because respirat...

Twelve girls and 2 boys with severe but not congenital muscular dystrophy were found in a national survey. An autosomal recessive gene is likely to account for most if not all of these cases. The condition differs slightly from X-linked Duchenne muscular dystrophy in showing prominent early toe-walking, a milder course, relatively more weakness of the deltoid muscles, normal intelligence, a nor...

Dystrophin, the protein encoded by the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene, exists in a large oligomeric complex. We show here that four glycoproteins are integral components of the dystrophin complex and that the concentration of one of these is greatly reduced in DMD patients. Thus, the absence of dystrophin may lead to the loss of a dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, and the reduction in...