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The disease is named after a man named Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne in the 1860’s. Guillaume is a French neurologist. He described it to other scientists of his age and they went into deeper investigating. They found out that it only affects men. Women can be carriers. Carriers are women that have an X chromosome that has a duchenne muscular dystrophy gene.
Definition of Disorder The definition of duchenne muscular dystrophy (which includes what happens to the body and what part of the body does it generally affect) is an interfer with protein production that is needed to maintain and to form a healthy muscle. It is a mutation, flaw or gene. This disorder only affects males, women can be a carrier of the disorder but they are mostly not affected. Young boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy are normally latin learning to walk. The muscles are the most affected in the human body. Sometimes it causes you to have loss of mobility.