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What is the cause of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
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lack of dystrophin
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What happens to skeletal uscle without dystrophin?
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It atrophies and dies
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What muscles weaken first with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
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pectoral muscle
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What is often the cause of death in patients with Duchenne's of Becker's?
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pneumonia
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What typ eof muscular dystrophy do you see a (+) Gower sign?
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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At what age does a person with Duchenne's become wheelchair bound and at what age does death occur?
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wheelchair bound by 12
death in 20s |
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What is the cause of Becker's?
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due to decreased amount of dystrophin
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At what age is the onset of Becker's and when do they become wheelchair bound ?
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onset 5-15 yo
ambulatory beyond age 15 |
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This AD (trinucleotide repeat) muscular dystrophy results in pts born with long faces, primarily distal weakness, infertility, MR, etc?
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Myotonic muscular dystrophy
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AD muscular dystrophy affecting the face & shoulder girdle +/- cardiac defects and MR
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facioscapulohumeral
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