All issues > Volume 20(7); 1977

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1977;20(7):540-544. Published online July 31, 1977.

Duchenne Type Muscular Dystrophy Occuring in 3 Brothers.

Young Chul Moon¹, Hwan Jong Kim¹, Kyu Cha Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Jeonbug National University Medical School, Korea.

Abstract

We were experienced Duchenne type muscular dystrophy occuring in 3 brothers among 6 siblings. In all cases, the clinical symtoms were started at about 6 years old age, And diagnosis was easily confirmed by clinical symptoms and laboratory examination with muscle biopsy. We report with brief review of the literature.

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