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Tests For Dystrophy - Articles
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Heart Disease
by
Dr. Charlotte Thompson
Posted
Sat 13 Sep 2008 5:20am
muscular dystrophy may not seem to have much in common with heart attacks." It goes on to say that researchers are finding some of the same genes involved in both conditions.
Having cared for many, many patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy since 1957, I wonder why the researchers think this is such a startling discovery. It has been long known
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The Early Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
by
Dr. Charlotte Thompson
Posted
Tue 02 Feb 2010 2:56pm
It seems little has changed in the last fifty years for an early diagnosis to be made when a boy has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This was highlighted in a recent Journal of Pediatrics article. Having cared for boys with Duchenne dystrophy in six neuromuscular programs since 1957 when I directed the muscle disease program at the University
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Being pregnant with Myotonic dystrophy – Jodie’s story
by
Shona D.
Posted
Tue 28 Dec 2010 7:21am
days following PGD treatment for Myotonic Dystrophy I received my very first positive pregnancy test. This was a day earlier than I had been told to take the test but I had been...
This post is written by my friend Jodie and gives her experience of being pregnant and having Myotonic dystrophy. Her experience was quite different from my experience
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Josh Winheld on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
by
David
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:01pm
Josh Winheld has been sharing his thoughts about living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in yesterday's New York Times and also the Philadelphia Inquirer. Check out... with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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