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  1. Duchenne muscular dystrophy 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000705.htm
    ... care provider if: Your child has symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Symptoms get worse, or new symptoms develop, particularly fever with cough or breathing problems
  2. Part 2 – Children aged under 16 – signs and symptoms and investigative tests - Suspected neurological conditions - NCBI ... 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542047
    ... laboratory’s upper limit of normal. An early diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is important so that the family can undergo ... was aware that there is concern that the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is delayed in some boys. The consensus ...
  3. Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../duchenne-and-becker-muscular-dystrophy
    ... Care Considerations Working Group. Diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, part 1: diagnosis, and pharmacological and psychosocial management. Lancet Neurol. 2010 ...
  4. Muscular Dystrophy 
    https://medlineplus.gov/musculardystrophy.html
    ... MD. Some of the more common types include: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is the most common childhood form. It is severe and affects boys more often than girls. The symptoms usually start between ages 3 and 6. Becker ...
  5. Rationale for categorising symptoms - Suspected neurological conditions - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542058
    ... 18 months should be referred. The important differential diagnosis is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). A creatine kinase is a good screening test for Duchenne. The necessity to make this diagnosis early is to allow genetic counselling for family ...
  6. xmlghr-summaries.xml 
    https://medlineplus.gov/download/ghr-summaries.xml
    ... almost exclusively in males.</html:p><html:p >Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies have similar signs and symptoms and are caused by different mutations in the ...
  7. References - Suspected neurological conditions - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542063
    ... JC, Banker BQ, Caskey CT, Golbus MS. Prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. New England Journal of Medicine. 1977; 297(18): ...
  8. Muscular dystrophy 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001190.htm
    ... family history of MD. Women may have no symptoms, but still carry the gene for the disorder. Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be detected with about 95% accuracy by ...
  9. Becker muscular dystrophy 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000706.htm
    ... A careful medical history is also important, because symptoms are similar to those of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. However, Becker muscular dystrophy gets worse much more ...
  10. Dysferlinopathy - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1303
    ... cardiomyopathy (HCM), without skeletal muscle manifestations. The differential diagnosis also includes the dystrophinopathies (Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy), polymyositis, and distal myopathies [ Udd & Griggs 2001 ]. Other ...
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