Lung function monitoring in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy on steroid therapy

BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a sex-linked inherited muscle disease characterized by a progressive loss in muscle strength and respiratory muscle involvement. After 12 years of age, lung function declines at a rate of 6 % to 10.7 % per year in patients with DMD. Steroid therapy ha...

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Autores principales: Machado, Darlene L, Silva, Elaine C, Resende, Maria B D, Carvalho, Celso R F, Zanoteli, Edmar, Reed, Umbertina C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22889007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-435

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