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Illness-associated muscle weakness in dystroglycanopathies.
Neurology - 5 Dec 2017
Carlson Courtney R, McGaughey Steven D, Eskuri Jamie M, Stephan Carrie M, Zimmerman M Bridget, Mathews Katherine D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe the phenomenon of acute illness-associated weakness (AIAW) in patients with dystroglycanopathy (DG), determine the frequency of this phenomenon in DGs, and compare it to the frequency in Duchenne-Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD). METHODS: Patients enrolled in a DG natural history study provided medical history, including major illnesses or hospitalizations, at enrollment and annually. We...
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