Prognostic Factors Affecting Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03372655

PFADMD

Details and patient eligibility

About

Determination of prognostic factors affecting ambulation of duchenne muscular dystrophy

Full description

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common herditary muscular disease , it lead to loss of ambulation in early teenageers . It lead to early death at the mean age of 19 years

Enrollment: 82 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any male pt diagnosed as duchenne muscular dystrophy by typical clinical picture &shooting serum CPK level &EMG study or biopsy & age 10 to 18yrs old

Exclusion criteria

• female patient ' age below 10 yrs old or above 18 yrs old .patient with autoimmune disease or malignancy