Duchenne muscular dystrophy

noun

Du·​chenne muscular dystrophy dü-ˈshen- 

də-

: a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males marked by early childhood onset and absence of the protein dystrophin

called also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

compare becker muscular dystrophy

Examples of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Originally scheduled for November 5th 2023, a group of online publications and collectors had started to ask uncomfortable questions on social media about how the €100 million already raised was being used to fund research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy. —Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 10 May 2024

New treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy may not only lengthen the lives of people living with it but also improve the health and quality of life of their caregivers; and by keeping kids out of wheelchairs treatment may forestall, or avoid, the need for costly home modifications. —Jason Shafrin, STAT, 6 May 2024

In the 1960s, Dr. Jerry Mendell saw his first patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. —Jerry Mendell, TIME, 2 May 2024

The scientist hopes that the research will one day lead to treatments for rare genetic disorders such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and inherited Alzheimer’s disease. —Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

The agency has used a flexible approach in recent years to approve drugs for particularly devastating conditions such as ALS, Alzheimer’s and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease that causes the muscles of young boys to waste away. —Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024

And here’s the story of a 5-year-old candidate for a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. —Stat Staff, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023

These concerns extend to various medical conditions, including ALS, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, and other rare diseases. —Jon Hu, STAT, 18 Dec. 2023

In Duchenne, new data bring a familiar debate This week’s news that Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy missed its main goal in a pivotal study has drawn diametric reactions. —Damian Garde, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Guillaume Armand Duchenne †1875 French neurologist

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

noun

variants also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

: a severe progressive form of muscular dystrophy of males that appears in early childhood, affects the muscles of the legs before those of the arms and the proximal muscles of the limbs before the distal ones, is inherited as an X-linked recessive trait, is characterized by complete absence of the protein dystrophin, and usually has a fatal outcome by age 20

—abbreviation DMD see becker muscular dystrophy