DUCHENE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DURING ITS COURSE DIMINISHES HOPES OF A FAMILY: A FAMILY CASE REPORT

Atul Gupta, Jitender Kumar and Rajesh Kumar*

ABSTRACT

Duchene muscular dystrophy, an X linked recessive disorder; is the most common and severe form of muscular dystrophy affecting males.[1] Patients usually become wheelchair dependent in early teens and die in their late teens to early twenties.[2] It is clinically characterized by proximal muscle weakness and calf hypertrophy because of failure to manufacture dystrophin. The purpose of this paper is to describe cases of 3 male siblings with DMD.[3]

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