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Distrofia muscular de Duchenne, una causa infrecuente de miocardiopatía dilatada

Rev. méd. Maule; 37 (2), 2022
Neuromuscular diseases represent a rare cause of dilated myocardiopathy, among them Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common. Transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can assess cardiac involvement early. The case of a patient diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...

Clinical aspects, food management, and clinical evolution of a cat with hypertrophic muscular dystrophy

Ciênc. rural (Online); 52 (2), 2022
Hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy (HFMD), rarely reported in the literature, is a disease caused by a hereditary recessive dystrophin deficiency linked to the X chromosome, mainly affecting young male cats. Here, we presented the clinical aspects, food management, and clinical evolution of a seven-y...

Avances en el tratamiento de la distrofia de Duchenne
Advances in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (supl.3), 2019
La distrofia muscular de Duchenne es una enfermedad genéticamente determinada, ligada al cromosoma X y caracterizada clínicamente por producir debilidad muscular progresiva, con una incidencia de 1 por cada 3500-6000 varones nacidos. Es causada por la mutaciones en el gen DMD, el cual codifica la distr...