Affiliation:
1. Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: to study the clinical features of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with emphasis on diagnosis delay. METHODS: an observational descriptive retrospective study was performed using medical records of patients with diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy given in the period from 1989 to 2000 at the neuropediatric out-patient clinic of a University Hospital. RESULTS: immunohistochemical results or deletion on the dystrophin gene confirmed the diagnosis of the 78 boys included in this study. Parents had noticed the first symptoms since the median age of two years. The final diagnosis was reached at a median age of seven. CONCLUSIONS: diagnosis age is closer to the age of ambulation loss than that of the first symptoms. There is a marked delay for the diagnosis of this disease in our setting.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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