Muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
monogenic, short arm of X chromosome, Xp21
affects 1 in 3000 boys
affected boys confined to wheelchair before 12 die by 20
gene encodes
dystrophin
which occurs in both muscle and the brain
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