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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. By: miki kennerly & jacob Heisel Period 3. History. Guillaume-Benjamin- Amand - Duchenne discovered muscular dystrophy in the 1860’s in France. He built a “portable electrical device” used to view muscles in response to health and disease.

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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  1. DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy By: mikikennerly & jacobHeisel Period 3

  2. History • Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand-Duchenne discovered muscular dystrophy in the 1860’s in France. He built a “portable electrical device” used to view muscles in response to health and disease. Commonly referred to as “Duchenne De Boulogne”

  3. General Information • Symptoms • Fatigue • Learning disabilities • Muscle weakness • Walking ability may be lost by the age of 12, • Heart disease / breathing difficulties • Life Expectancy: 25 • No cure: treatments include: • Albuteral- commonly used to treat asthma • Fish oil • Green tea extracts • Vitamin E

  4. Testing for Muscular Dystrophy • Testing: • Genetic tests • Muscle biopsy

  5. Facts Alfredo Ferrari had muscular dystrophy. He designed the 1.5 L DOHC V6 engine for F2 at the end of 1955 for his father, Enzo. He died June 30, 1956 at the age of 24. A man living in Toledo, OH is 40 years old and is living with muscular dystrophy. (2011)

  6. Attributes

  7. Children With DMD

  8. Works Cited Cheetam, Caroline. “In Just a few years this lively little boy will be in a wheelchair. It’s a tragedy that could hit ANY family.” 13 Jun. 2012. Web. 22 Feb 2013. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2157820/Duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-In-just-years-lively-little-boy-wheelchair-Its-tragedy-hit-ANY-family.html> Medline Plus. “Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.” 24 Jan 2013. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000705.htm> "Cleveland Clinic." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. < http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/muscular_dystrophy/hic_muscular_dystrophy.aspx> "DMD Fund - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Info." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <http://www.dmdfund.org/dmd_duchenne_muscular_dystrophy.html> US Library of Medicine. "Result Filters." Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16225184> “Toledoan with Duchenne MD reaches a milestone.” Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8304114>

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