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Undetectable dystrophin can still result in a relatively benign phenotype of dystrophinopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jun 1999
Hattori N, Kaido M, Nishigaki T, Inui K, Fujimura H, Nishimura T, Naka T, Hazama T
Abstract excerpt
We present here a 28-year-old male patient with Becker muscular dystrophy whose skeletal muscle showed an absence of dystrophin. He has had progressive and predominantly proximal muscular wasting since 5 years of age, but was able to walk until 26 years of age. He showed hypertrophic calves, cardiomyopathy, and an elevated serum creatine kinase level (934 U/1). A skeletal muscle biopsy revealed advanced chronic...
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