Neuromuscular disease characterized by rapidly progressive muscle weakness and wasting due to degeneration of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy control, FISH

Duchenne muscular dystrophy deletion, FISH

Duchenne muscular dystrophy - normal female, chromosomes have been highlighted by a fluorescent probe for exon 45/47 (note the double yellow band). This disorder is caused by a recessive gene on the X chromosome, so is normally shown only by males, who lack a second X chromosome. The condition starts with difficulty in walking and climbing stairs in early childhood, usually resulting in confinement to a wheelchair by the age of 10, with death from respiratory infection or cardiac failure by about the age of 20.

Nerve in skeletal muscle, showing dystrophin location

Duchenne muscular dystrophy carrier female

Duchenne muscular dystrophy pedigree chart

Duchenne muscular dystrophy pedigree + rflp

Muscle disorders and myoclonus.

Animals save lives / Research for Health Charities Group.

Muscle disorders in children.

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Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne

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Muscle disorders and myoclonus.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy pedigree chart

Animals save lives / Research for Health Charities Group.

Muscle disorders in children.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy deletion, FISH

Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne

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Works from the collections

Muscle disorders and myoclonus.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy pedigree chart

Animals save lives / Research for Health Charities Group.

Muscle disorders in children.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy deletion, FISH

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