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- Title
Clinical-evolutionary considerations in Duchenne Dystrophy.
- Authors
Singer, Cristina Elena; Cosoveanu, Simona; Petrescu, Ileana Octavia; Singer, Maria; Dobrescu, Amelia; Popescu, Mihaela; Silviu Popescu, Alin Iulian
- Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive and incurable X-linked genetic disorder. The article presents 18 children with DMD admitted between 2016-2022 in the Pediatric Clinic II, Emergency County Hospital in Craiova. The study looked at: the distribution according to residence, the average age when they walked, when they were diagnosed and when they walked in a wheelchair, heredocollateral and pathological antecedents, clinical manifestations, nutritional status, genetic tests and the evolution of these patients.
- Subjects
CRAIOVA (Romania); X-linked genetic disorders; DUCHENNE muscular dystrophy; DYSTROPHY; SYMPTOMS; PEDIATRIC clinics
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics / Revista Romana de Pediatrie, 2023, Vol 72, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1454-0398
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37897/RJP.2023.1.1