Improvement of survival in DuchenneMuscular Dystrophy: retrospective analysisof 835 patients

Luigia Passamano, Antonella Taglia, Alberto Palladino, Emanuela Viggiano, Paola D′Ambrosio, Marianna Scutifero, Maria Rosaria Cecio, Vito Torre, Francesco De Luca, Esther Picillo,

2012 · 17 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This report documents that DMD should be now considered an adulthood disease as well, and as a consequence more public health interventions are needed to support these patients and their families as they pass from childhood into adult age.