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KMID : 0378019760190020237
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New Medical Journal
1976 Volume.19 No. 2 p.237 ~ p.240
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Two Cases of Progressive Muscular Dystrophy (Duchenne Type)
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Abstract
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Progressive muscular dystrophy is a primary degenerative disease of skeletal muscles without evidence of regeneration. This group of diseases is characterized by symmetric distribution of muscular atrophy, intact sensation and reflexes, and a heredofamilial incidence. Etiology is unknown but is generally accepted as hereditary. Boys are attacked much more frequently than girls and it is now recognized as an sex-linked recessive disease. Usually the first symptom to attentation is insecurity in standing or in walking. Diagnosis is confirmed by measurement of serum enzymes, by electromyography and by muscle biopsy. Diagnosis can be established at birth by measurement of CPK level. There is no effective treatment and the children should be kept active and in as ambulatory state as long as possible. This paper presents two cases of progressive muscular dystrophy (Duchenne type) which occurred in brothers and literatures were reviewed briefly.
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