Mechanical thrombectomy in a young stroke patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Mechanical thrombectomy in a young stroke patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive skeletal muscle myopathy which is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Lack of dystrophin also results to cardiomyopathy, which raises significantly the stroke risk in DMD-patients. However, data about therapeutic opportun...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Spicher, Ruth Schneider, Peter Mönnings, Christiane Schneider-Gold, Dennis Kallenberg, Bilal Cevik, Carsten Lukas, Ralf Gold, Christos Krogias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-02-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756286418759188

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1756286418759188

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