A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans

In Africa, lack of awareness and low index of suspicion of rare diseases like dystrophinopathies, directly or indirectly, contributes to the increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, even though the data on prevalence is limited, we need to have a high degree of suspicion in patients presenting...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nassoro, David D., Torres, Liset, Marando, Rehema, Mboma, Lazaro, Mushi, Seraphine, Habakkuk Mwakyula, Issakwisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3254
_version_ 1783625891720462336
author Nassoro, David D.
Torres, Liset
Marando, Rehema
Mboma, Lazaro
Mushi, Seraphine
Habakkuk Mwakyula, Issakwisa
author_facet Nassoro, David D.
Torres, Liset
Marando, Rehema
Mboma, Lazaro
Mushi, Seraphine
Habakkuk Mwakyula, Issakwisa
author_sort Nassoro, David D.
collection PubMed
description In Africa, lack of awareness and low index of suspicion of rare diseases like dystrophinopathies, directly or indirectly, contributes to the increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, even though the data on prevalence is limited, we need to have a high degree of suspicion in patients presenting with suggestive clinical features.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7752564
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-77525642020-12-23 A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans Nassoro, David D. Torres, Liset Marando, Rehema Mboma, Lazaro Mushi, Seraphine Habakkuk Mwakyula, Issakwisa Clin Case Rep Case Reports In Africa, lack of awareness and low index of suspicion of rare diseases like dystrophinopathies, directly or indirectly, contributes to the increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, even though the data on prevalence is limited, we need to have a high degree of suspicion in patients presenting with suggestive clinical features. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7752564/ /pubmed/33363799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3254 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Nassoro, David D.
Torres, Liset
Marando, Rehema
Mboma, Lazaro
Mushi, Seraphine
Habakkuk Mwakyula, Issakwisa
A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title_full A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title_fullStr A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title_full_unstemmed A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title_short A child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case report of a rare diagnosis among Africans
title_sort child with duchenne muscular dystrophy: a case report of a rare diagnosis among africans
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3254
work_keys_str_mv AT nassorodavidd achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT torresliset achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT marandorehema achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT mbomalazaro achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT mushiseraphine achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT habakkukmwakyulaissakwisa achildwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT nassorodavidd childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT torresliset childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT marandorehema childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT mbomalazaro childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT mushiseraphine childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans
AT habakkukmwakyulaissakwisa childwithduchennemusculardystrophyacasereportofararediagnosisamongafricans

Ejemplares similares