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Diagnosis of DMD

• Last Edited: 20 Jul 2009
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Once a child with DMD has been born in a family, it is often possible to offer prenatal diagnosis in future pregnancies, either for the mother or for other women who are found to be at risk of bei...

Tags: X chromosome, dystrophin gene, chorion villus biopsy.

‘Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight’ - A review by Dr Karl Bettelheim

• Last Edited: 30 Jul 2010
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Article submitted by Dr Karl Bettelheim published on the 24th of June 2009 IntroductionWhile, I have always tried to bring good or hopeful or it least interesting developments, ...

Tags: dystrophin, Utrophin, myoblasts, X chromosome.