Talk:Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Contents 1 Daughter's of men with Duchenne 2 Distal or proximal muscles? 3 Possible references 4 Are there any specific racial groups or geographic areas in which DMD is more common?

[edit] Daughter's of men with Duchenne

The statement "Daughters of men with Duchenne also have a 50% chance of being carriers" seems to be completely wrong. Any female MUST get an X from her father, who only has 1 X, and if a man has Duchenne's than his 1 X must be infected. In other words, a daughter of a man with Duchenne, it seems to me, MUST be a carrier. I think that whoever wrote the statement got confused because the diagram shows an unaffected father, hence the chance that his daughter may not be a carrier.

--DreamsReign 22:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Just noting that this has been fixed. --nkayesmith 01:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distal or proximal muscles?

Somebody changed the text Distal muscles to proximal muscles in symptoms section. Wikipedia mentions both on the page that proximal muscles redirects to, and I have it from a reliable source (which I should really put here) that the distal muscles are affected. However, upon reading wikipedia's explanation, I don't think either serve to cover all of the affected areas. Perhaps the somebody who changed this could leave an explanation here. Thanks. nkayesmith 01:58, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

As someone who suffers from the disease, I can tell you that all muscles are eventually affected. However, I'm not sure if proximal or distal muscles are affected first. As far as I know, they are affected at the same time. More accurately, voluntary muscles that aren't used while inactive or while sleeping deteriorate faster than involuntary muscles, such as cardiac muscles that are used all the time. For instance, I am 19 years old. I can't move my legs and can barely move my arms well enough to use a keyboard and mouse, but an ultrasound would reveal a healthy heart. Perhaps the text should be changed to voluntary muscles? --Sylvas 23:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible references

From User talk:Nkayesmith:

Here are a few sources:

• http://www.genetics.com.au/factsheet/39.htm.

• http://www.mda.org.au/general/mdagene.html

• http://www.ikm.jmu.edu/Buttsjl/ISAT493/Duchenne%20Muscular%20Dystrophy/duchennetreatment.html

• http://teens.novita.org.au/content.asp?p=435

• http://www.answers.com/topic/muscular-dystrophy (Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders)

• Emery, 2000, Muscular Dystrophy – The Facts, Oxford University Press, United States of America

NCurse _work 13:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are there any specific racial groups or geographic areas in which DMD is more common?

I don't mean to sound racist or anything, but I'm doing a report on this disease and I can't find this info anywhere. Are there any specific racial groups or geographic areas in which DMD is more common? It would be really helpful if anyone knew this. --Floog 00:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)