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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD, OMIM #310200) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD, OMIM #300376) are also referred to as the dystrophinopathies and are among the most common and best characterized forms of muscular dystrophy worldwide, with DMD affecting one in 3,500 newborn males.
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Willis, T.A., Straub, V. (2013). Dystrophinopathies. In: Wattjes, M., Fischer, D. (eds) Neuromuscular Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6552-2_17
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