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what disease does this characterize?
by vnessa17, Nov 04, 2009 01:57PM
At age 3 a little girl only walks on her toes. She has a wadding gait, falls frequently, has trouble getting up again, and is not able to run because of diffuculty raising her knee. At age 5 there is progressive muscle weakness and muscle wasting. Weakness of the trunk muscles lead to increased lordosis and a protuberant abdomen. At age 9 she is confined to a wheel chair and contractures appeared, first in the feet as the gastrocnemius muscles tightened.
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by marialou, Nov 08, 2009 09:49PM
To: vnessa17
has any muscle biopsies of any kind ever been done? mri scans or any other tests?
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