DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY


Meaning of DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dü-ˈshen-, də- ]

noun

Etymology: Guillaume Armand Duchenne died 1875 French neurologist

Date: 1971

: a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males with early childhood onset that is characterized by absence of the protein dystrophin — called also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy — compare Becker muscular dystrophy

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