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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Learning Center
Causes could include:
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Dystophin Mutation
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rapidly-worsening form of muscular dystrophy. Other muscular dystrophies (including Becker's muscular dystrophy) get worse much more slowly.
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Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are both caused by mutations in the DMD gene on the X chromosome. This is an exceptionally large gene, and control of its expression is complex. Humans each have 46 chromosomes , of which 23 are inherited fro...
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Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are both caused by mutations in the DMD gene on the X chromosome . This is an exceptionally large gene, and control of its expression is complex. Humans each have 46 chromosomes, of which 23 are inherited fro...
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