Possible features of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy appear in the first five years of life and consist of:
Cardiac and respiratory complications are seen, especially with disease progression, and if untreated DMD typically leads to death in the late teens (1).
Multidisciplinary care, particularly the initiation of corticosteroids and assisted ventilation supported by regular cardiac and respiratory monitoring, has led to increasing numbers of patients living into adulthood in recent years
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