Delay in Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Vamshi K Rao; Nancy L Kuntz

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-1-4

Delay in Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Jan;29(1):5. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-1-4.

Authors

Vamshi K Rao¹, Nancy L Kuntz²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
² Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Investigators from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, retrospectively reviewed 179 records of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) evaluated between 1989 and 2012. Diagnosis was confirmed by genetic testing or muscle biopsy, and clinical data were complete in 107 patients.

Keywords: Developmental Delay; Diagnosis; Muscular Dystrophy.