Sat, May 26, 2012
Text Size
Health & Fitness Drug may help Muscular Dystrophy

Drug may help Muscular Dystrophy

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 07:13 Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 07:48 Written by Angel McCurdy

There may be hope for children with a genetic form of muscular dystrophy.

The Child Neurology Center of Northwest Florida is participating in a new research study of an investigational drug for children who have Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder, characterized by rapidly worsening muscle weakness that starts in the legs and pelvis, and later affects the whole body.

 

 

For more information on this story, see the Sept. 25 issue of Navarre Press or subscribe online.

This article has been locked. You can no longer post any comments.

Top Videos

Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner
Banner

Check Stocks

1 DOW 12,454.83
-74.92 (-0.60%)    
2 S&P 1,317.82
-2.86 (-0.22%)    
3 NASDAQ 2,837.53
-1.85 (-0.07%)    

Twitter Updates

Loading...

Last 3 tweets from navarrepress:

Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter

Facebook Fans

Scroll To Top
[ Reset Settings ]