We hypothesize that Duchenne muscular dystrophy and autism spectrum disorder/pervasive developmental disorder co-occur with a greater than random frequency. In this study, we set out to reject the ...

Pathologic changes of the X-chromosome gene for dystrophin give rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and dystrophin -- which minimizes muscle fiber loss due to sarcolemma contraction damage when ...

When it comes to muscular diseases, most of us have heard of especially common ones like muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. But one of the rarest muscular disorders is also one of the most ...

Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) comprise a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders primarily affecting muscle integrity and function, often with accompanying brain and ocular abnormalities.

July 26 (UPI) --A new test could speed the diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy, a rare but deadly progressive muscle-wasting disorder, in infants. And a new way to screen for urinary tract infections ...

Neurological disorders affect the function of the nervous system. Common pediatric neurological disorders include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. Neurological disorders ...

Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT announced updates from its clinical programs, which focus on targeting different subtypes of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), a group of rare genetic disorders marked ...

Suneel Ram finds it hard to hold up a school book for more than a few minutes. The 10-year-old's bones are so brittle he broke one leg and suffered three fractures in the other this summer from minor ...