A little boy was diagnosed with a rare muscle-wasting disease after getting severe leg cramp at a laser tag party. Evan Winter, seven, was slow to progress as a baby and did not walk until 20 months ...

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More than 30 types of muscular dystrophy have been identified. They all cause problems with movement due to genetic mutations.

Keywords: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, serum titin, serum creatine kinase, biomarker Citation: Nambu Y, Osawa K, Shirakawa T, Sunami A, Sonehara S, Bo R, Nozu K, Matsuo M ...

Stephen Hawking At the age of 22, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor neuron disease (MND). Confined to a wheelchair ...

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