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Severe dystrophin-deficient Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Link to WHO Definition

Severe dystrophin-deficient Duchenne muscular dystrophy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1172932601

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease characterised by rapidly progressive muscle weakness and wasting due to degeneration of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle. DMD primarily affects males, females are usually asymptomatic but a small percentage of female carriers manifest milder forms of the disease.