April 13, 2021

Females with Dystrophinopathy: Publication of PPMD’s Pre-Conference Meeting Summary & Recommendations

Much has been explored about males living with Duchenne, but what about the many females who are living with symptoms (i.e., skeletal muscle weakness, cognitive issues and/or cardiomyopathy) of this diagnosis? In June of 2019,…

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October 6, 2020

First Results from PPMD/Nationwide Carrier Study – Evidence of Cardiomyopathy by Exercise & Cardiac MRI

For females living with dystrophinopathy (the spectrum of diseases caused by mutations in the DMD gene), the disorder has not been historically characterized effectively. To address this need, PPMD provided a grant to Nationwide Children’s…

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November 14, 2016

Duchenne Carrier Study at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Frequently, I get calls from mothers/sisters/aunts of people living with Duchenne about issues related to being a carrier of Duchenne: Should they have carrier testing? Why should they have carrier testing? If they are carriers, what…

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