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1. Scientists Reverse Muscular Dystrophy in Mice - US News and World Report
Strategy targets genetic flaw thought to be key to major form of the disease
2. Clues to Muscular Dystrophy Seen in Womb - US News and World Report
Finding could lead to earlier, more effective treatment: researchers
3. Muscular dystrophy : Treatment  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
There are no known cures for the various muscular dystrophies. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms. Physical therapy may help patients maintain muscle strength and function. Orthopedic appliances such as braces and wheelchairs can improve...• Reviewer: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
4. Muscular Dystrophy  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.• Author: L. Fleming Fallon Jr., MD, DrPH

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5. Muscular dystrophy - Treatment -- Mayo Clinic
Muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease resulting in progressive weakness of the body's muscles. Research into gene therapy may eventually provide treatment to stop the progression of some types of muscular dystrophy.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=98CFE6CE-8584-4B59-85CF92C48793A1...
6. muscular dystrophy -- Information from Harvard Medical School
This form of muscular dystrophy can occur in both sexes and is the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy, with symptoms often starting in adolescence. Duchenne dystrophy (pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy).
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9611.html#treat
7. Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies: Treatment -- Information from the Merck Manual
The gene defect that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy is different from the gene defect that causes Becker muscular dystrophy, but both defects involve the same gene. Similarly, Becker muscular dystrophy is diagnosed when blood tests show the...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch073/ch073b.html#sec05-ch073-ch073b-873
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