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Neurology Care, Diagnostics, and Emerging Therapies of the Patient With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
1 Oct 2018
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gene disrupts dystrophin (protein) production, causing damage to muscle integrity, weakness, loss of ambulation, and cardiopulmonary compromise by the second decade of life. Life expectancy has improved from mid-teenage years to mid-20s with the use of glucocorticoids and beyond the third decade with ventilator support and multidisciplinary care. However, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is associated with...
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