Does Your Heart Have Anything To Do With The Muscular System?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that involves rapidly worsening
Alternative Names
Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rapidly-worsening form of
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by a defective gene for dystrophin (a
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