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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)- BIO
- Braces
- Wheelchair
- Steroids
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
http://www.actionduchenne.org/articleimages/17/aimg78.jpg
The Cause
Testing
- Prenatal testing
- Gene Locus: Xp21 chromosome
- Dystrophin protein
- X-linked trait
- Family inheritance
http://medicineworld.org/images/blogs/chromosome-x-5660400.jpg
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http://www.twinlakesdiagnostics.com/web_images/bigstock_medical_testing_803521.jpg
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/Yourgenes/Whatcausesgeneticconditions/WhatisX-linkedinheritance/~/media/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/D/DystrophinisstainedbrowninnormalmuscleleftbutisabsentinmusclefromaboywithDMDright1-3-5-1-4-2-1-2-1-1-0.jpg
Sources
- http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/werner-syndrome
- http://www.dnalc.org/resources/gene_screen_app.htmlhttp://circ.ahajournals.org/content/87/6/1854.full.pdf
- http://mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy/causes-inheritance
- http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000705.htm
- google.com (for the awesome pictures)
Additional Info.
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- Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne was the founder of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- In the 1860s he founded DMD and several other muscular dystrophies
- Neurology did not exist then.
Occurrence Rate
Cure?
- 1 out of every 3,600
- No cure
- Stem cell research
- Fatal!
http://www.prosensa.eu/img/timeline-DMD-patient.png
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQGRY03zrYI/UULzcOo6rYI/AAAAAAAABFQ/G7LBhF57Rqc/s1600/pedigreeDMD.jpg
Treatment
http://www.iol.ie/~rcsiorth/journal/volume4/issue1/d2.jpg
http://www.oandp.com/articles/images/2012-04_01/2012-04_01-01.jpg