Progress study of the cardiac damage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Yao ZHANG, Ying TANG, Cheng ZHANG

Abstract


Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal muscular disease with rapid progression in children. Most patients die of respiratory and circulatory failure before the age of 20 if there is no systematic treatment. Now the heart problem in this disease has become increasingly prominent, and is thought to be closely associated with certain dystrophin exon deletion. We would like to review the epidemiology, relevance of dystrophin, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and pathological features, as well as early prevention and treatment of DMD.

Keywords


Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne; Dystrophin; Heart diseases; Review

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