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Neither One nor the Other

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A case of intermediate phenotype of dystrophinopathy is presented with a good clinical reponse to steroids. Dystrophinoapthy is discussed including the role of steroids in the treatment plan.

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  1. MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

    Umesh Vivekananda MA, MBBS, MRCP & Rosaline Quinlivan BSc(Hons), MBBS, DCH, FRCPCH

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  1. Umesh Vivekananda MA, MBBS, MRCP
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  2. Rosaline Quinlivan BSc(Hons), MBBS, DCH, FRCPCH
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Correspondence to Umesh Vivekananda MA, MBBS, MRCP .

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  1. NHNN, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom

    Hadi Manji

  2. NHNN, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom

    Chris Turner

  3. NHNN, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom

    Matthew R. B. Evans

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Vivekananda, U., Quinlivan, R. (2017). Neither One nor the Other. In: Manji, H., Turner, C., Evans, M. (eds) Neuromuscular Disease . Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_31

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