Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, which mostly affects boys. The subject was an 8-year-old child who had typical symptoms of muscle weakness. The NGS may be used as an efficient and cost-effective molecular diagnostic strategy for identifying patients with DMD.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.