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Current and emerging therapies in Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 Sept 2019
Angelini Corrado, Marozzo Roberta, Pegoraro Valentina
Abstract excerpt
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) has onset usually in childhood, frequently by 11 years. BMD can present in several ways such as waddling gait, exercise related cramps with or without myoglobinuria. Rarely cardiomyopathy might be the presenting feature. The evolution is variable. BMD is caused by dystrophin deficiency due to inframe deletions, mutations or duplications in dystrophin gene (Xp21.2) We review here...
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