Muscular Dystrophies

Exam Cram

• Duchenne muscular dystrophy presentation:

  • • Severe weakness in childhood, wheelchair by 20s

    • Cardiomyopathy & intellectual disability

• Becker's muscular dystrophy presentation:

  • • Milder onset in teenage years

    • Normal cognition

• Management: 

  • • Yearly ECGs- assess for atrial arrhythmias and LVSD

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