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Eur J Paediatr Neurol
; 17(2): 212-8, 2013 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22959238
RESUMO
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/DMB) are neuromuscular diseases linked to chromosome X and affect mainly male individuals. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most severe form of the disease, leading to a decreased patient survival compared with individuals with Becker type and female carriers of the mutated gene. In this paper we present the case of a female adolescent whose clinical picture and disease course closely resembled male individuals.