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Duchenne Muscular Dystroph

 An inherited disorder of progressive muscular weakness, typically in boys. Many people with muscular dystrophy have Duchenne syndrome. Girls can be carriers and mildly affected, but the disease typically affects boys. Symptoms include frequent falls, trouble getting up or running, waddling gait, big calves and learning disabilities. There is no cure, but physiotherapy and medication, such as corticosteroids, can help control symptoms and improve quality of life. A deletion is out-of-frame if the reading frame is completely disrupted, so that no dystrophin protein can be made. Out-of-frame deletions typically result in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which usually has a more severe presentation (compared to Becker) because there is no dystrophin protein present in the cells.

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