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Muscular Dystrophy

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  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Other cardio-skeletal myopathies and dystrophies
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  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Other cardio-skeletal myopathies and dystrophies
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Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy is a rare inherited disease of the nerves and muscles that occurs mostly in males. The most common type of muscular dystrophy causes rapid muscle wasting and progressive weakness early in life, usually between the ages of 2 and 5.

Muscle wasting begins in the shoulder and pelvic areas. Fat and connective tissue may grow into muscles and cause abnormal enlargement (hypertrophy), especially in the calf muscles of the legs. Within several years muscular dystrophy affects the muscles of the upper body and arms. Eventually all the major muscles are affected.

There is no cure for muscular dystrophy. Treatment involves controlling symptoms.

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Clinical Trials for Muscular Dystrophy

Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.

Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.

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A Clinical Study to Assess Two Doses of GSK2402968 in Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), 
An Open-Label, Multi-Center, 48-Week Study With a Concurrent Untreated Control Arm to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy
Drisapersen Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Treatment Protocol Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), 
CHAR0312 DMD tissue bank for Exon skipping Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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  • Neuromuscular Program
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Muscular Dystrophy
Our doctors have extensive experience treating even the rarest forms of muscular dystrophy and offer the most advanced treatments in clinical research trials.
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