TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Concepts in the Management of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
AU - Rinaldi, Robert J.
AU - Mayer, Matthew P.
AU - Dichiaro, Michael R.
N1 - Funding Information:
RJ Rinaldi declares no conflicts of interest; MP Mayer?s institution has received research grants from Allergan and MR Dichiaro declares no conflicts of interest.
Funding Information:
RJ Rinaldi declares no conflicts of interest; MP Mayer’s institution has received research grants from Allergan and MR Dichiaro declares no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - The management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has seen dramatic change over the past two decades. Improvements in clinical monitoring of disease progression, management of cardiac and pulmonary complications, and nutritional intervention have all led to decreases in co-morbidity commonly associated with DMD, and, as a consequence, quality of life and life expectancy of individuals with DMD have both continued to improve. This review will update the reader on current trends and recent advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of DMD, with a focus on reviewing pertinent current literature.
AB - The management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has seen dramatic change over the past two decades. Improvements in clinical monitoring of disease progression, management of cardiac and pulmonary complications, and nutritional intervention have all led to decreases in co-morbidity commonly associated with DMD, and, as a consequence, quality of life and life expectancy of individuals with DMD have both continued to improve. This review will update the reader on current trends and recent advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of DMD, with a focus on reviewing pertinent current literature.
KW - Cardiac
KW - Duchenne muscular dystrophy
KW - Glucocorticoids
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Nutrition
KW - Pulmonary
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U2 - 10.1007/s40141-013-0011-4
DO - 10.1007/s40141-013-0011-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070506928
SN - 2167-4833
VL - 1
SP - 65
EP - 71
JO - Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
JF - Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
IS - 2
ER -