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DMD Research: New Funding for Imaging Studies
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Could MRI be better than muscle biopsy in measuring disease progression and therapy effectiveness in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

posted on May 17, 2010 - 1:20pm
The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an assessment tool in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is being studied by former MDA grantee Krista Vandenborne, through a $7.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of the study is to assess whether MRI technology can be used as a precise, noninvasive measure of muscle tissue, gauging both disease...
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Doctors Talk Heart to Heart

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Pediatric cardiologists and other experts at an MDA-sponsored meeting exchanged information and planned studies regarding the heart in DMD and BMD

posted on January 28, 2011 - 2:10pm
Although it’s clear that people with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies should be closely monitored and treated by heart specialists, doctors and researchers at a recent MDA-sponsored meeting say there still are many unanswered questions about optimal clinical care of the DMD/BMD-affected heart.
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New DMD Care Recommendations
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After a year of planning, new recommendations for physicians caring for DMD patients have been released

posted on December 3, 2009 - 4:23pm
A comprehensive set of clinical care recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is now available to medical professionals and families. The complete recommendations,  in printable PDF format, can be read here:
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