Age, corticosteroid treatment and site of mutations affect motor functional changes in young boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Age, corticosteroid treatment and site of mutations affect motor functional changes in young boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The aim of this study was to establish the possible effect of age, corticosteroid treatment and brain dystrophin involvement on motor function in young boys affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who were assessed using the North Star Ambulatory Assessment between the age of 4 and 7 years. The stud...

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Main Authors: Giorgia Coratti, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Giulia Norcia, Simona Lucibello, Elisabetta Ferraroli, Adele d'Amico, Luca Bello, Elena Pegoraro, Sonia Messina, Federica Ricci, Tiziana Mongini, Angela Berardinelli, Riccardo Masson, Stefano C Previtali, Grazia D'angelo, Francesca Magri, Giacomo P Comi, Luisa Politano, Luigia Passamano, Gianluca Vita, Valeria A Sansone, Emilio Albamonte, Chiara Panicucci, Claudio Bruno, Antonella Pini, Enrico Bertini, Stefano Patarnello, Marika Pane, Eugenio Mercuri, italian DMD study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271681

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271681

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